"Activists met last week at the State House to celebrate progress on ranked choice voting efforts and highlight bills that would allow municipalities to enact the voting reform at the local level, and legalize the process statewide.Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
“We’re all here in this shared effort to ensure that every voter in Massachusetts has a greater voice when they go to the polls,” said Mac D’Alessandro, state director for Voter Choice Massachusetts, which organized the event.
The group gathered activists from across the state for a lobby day featuring meetings with legislators to discuss the issue.
“We need to do everything we can to expand voting enfranchisement and expand access to voting rights and democracy,” said state Sen. Jason Lewis, D-Winchester. “Ranked choice voting is an important strategy to move us in that direction.”
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20190720/ranked-choice-pitched-as-inclusive-election-reform
Other Ranked Choice Voting or RCV references
- From Ballotpedia https://ballotpedia.org/Ranked-choice_voting_(RCV)
- From FairVote https://www.fairvote.org/rcv#where_is_ranked_choice_voting_used
- From wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_voting
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| Sample ballot of ranked voting using written numbers |
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