ProGov21 Policy Library

This ordinance outlines how members of the Portland City Council shall be elected, and discusses the respective duties, powers, and tenure of office for each position. It also states that the City of Portland will use ranked choice voting, or instant runoff voting, for the election...

Ranked choice voting is an election system in which voters rank the candidates for office in order of preference, and the ballots are counted in rounds that simulate a series of runoffs until one candidate receives a majority of votes. This ordinance establishes ranked choice voting...

Safe districts are the electoral districts which are regarded as “secure” for a certain political party or candidate to win. In a winner-take-all system, the votes of people who have a mix of political viewpoints or prefer a different political party are insufficient to elect anyone....

Ranked choice voting (RCV) ensures candidates with the broadest possible support win elections. Without RCV, candidates can win elections with far less than 50% support. In a RCV system, voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots. If a candidate wins a majority of first-preference...

This report analyzes Santa Clara's proposed ranked-choice election system. The results indicate that once RCV is in place, it will provide better representation for people of color and ensure all voters in the city would have a stronger say in election results than they would be...

A primary runoff election is held if no candidate surpasses the necessary threshold for victory in the initial primary election. Voter awareness of the system and a dip in enthusiasm following the initial primary has resulted in a trend of voter turnout dropping in the runoff election....

The party primary system, rather than enhancing democracy, often results in a low-turnout race in which some voters are excluded by law, and the winner frequently does not have majority support of all voters in the district. In conjunction with ballot access rules that discriminate...

This report explores the potential impact of implementing the Fair Representation Act (HR 3057). The Fair Representation Act would require states to elect their House representatives with ranked choice voting in multi-winner districts drawn by independent commissions, thus establishing...

This model act allows a city or county to conduct a local election using ranked choice voting in which voters rank the candidates for office in order of preference. Ranked choice voting elections may be used for single-winner elections, such as Mayor, or for elections that elect multiple...