American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia officials are discussing if they should change the voting system from a majority system, which requires candidates to get more than half of the vote to win an election. This ...

Both Maine and Alaska have adopted versions of ranked-choice voting. In 2020, Maine re-elected Republican Susan Collins to the U.S. Senate. In 2022, Alaska reelected Republican Lisa Murkowski to the U ...

Seeking to reduce polarization and strengthen voter confidence, Representatives Christopher Rabb and John Inglis III are introducing ...

There is no question that plurality voting (Alaska’s old voting system, which Ballot Measure 2 would reinstate) is simpler than the new ranked choice system we operate under now. Plurality voting is, ...

It's Election Day in the United States. Across the nation, millions of ballots are being cast. But what would happen if the rules of our electoral... The voting system we use can determine the winner.

Voters often believe they only have two choices in American elections, even when multiple candidates appear on a ballot. OsakaWayne Studios/Moment via Getty Images Political scientists like me have a ...

A coalition in Michigan is pushing for ranked-choice voting, aiming to collect 500,000 signatures by July 6 to qualify for ...

(NewsNation) — Ranked choice voting (RCV) refers to an election system where voters rank candidates on a ballot in order from most preferred to least, instead of choosing only one. While RCV is a ...

Advocates for ranked choice voting in Longmont are already discussing what the next two years of outreach and campaigning could look like, with Rankin highlighting the group’s upcoming work with ...

What do college students and the United States of America have in common? They both love to party! Two parties. The two-party system. Thanks for reading! Given the heightened political tension and ...