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Let's do this!
Tomorrow, Sunday, February 21st, join us for our Statewide Gathering
3:15-4:00pm - Information about Ranked Choice Voting
4:00-5:30pm - Learn what you can do to help bring RCV to North Carolina
RSVP at https://www.betterballotnc.org/statewide_meeting_february_2021 for Zoom link and other information
Come on over to our first our first Statewide Gathering of 2021. This Sunday, February 21st. On Zoom! Less than 3 days away. 3:15pm - 4:00pm An introduction to Ranked Choice Voting4:00pm - 5:30pm Work session RSVP at https://www.betterballotnc.org/statewide_meeting_february_2021
Learning can be fun!
This coming Sunday, join us on Zoom to meet some great people and find out how #RankedChoiceVoting can improve elections in North Carolina
3:15pm - 4:00pm An introduction to Ranked Choice Voting 4:00pm - 5:30pm Work session
RSVP at https://www.betterballotnc.org/statewide_meeting_february_2021 #RCV #RankedChoiceVoting #Elections #NorthCarolina
We get a lot of people asking, "what about this other voting system?" Rest assured that we at BBNC are aware of the other systems. We've weighed the pros and cons carefully and are all in for Ranked Choice Voting. Check out https://fairvote.org/alternatives for a great summary.
How can Congressional approval ratings be so low? It's because our elections are broken. Join us on February 21 to learn more about how Ranked Choice Voting can help. RSVP at https://www.betterballotnc.org/statewide_meeting_february_2021
**Two weeks from today** we're having our first Statewide Gathering of 2021. Want to make government better? Join us on Zoom Sunday, February 21st.
RSVP at: https://www.betterballotnc.org/statewide_meeting_february_2021
3:15pm - 4:00pm Learn more about #RankedChoiceVoting 4:00pm - 5:30pm Work session
Don't forget! Our Statewide Gathering is in less than 3 weeks. Join us on Sunday, February 21st.
Register at https://betterballotnc.org/statewide_meeting_february_2021
3:15pm - 4:00pm Learn more about #RankedChoiceVoting
4:00pm - 5:30pm Work session for everyone Location: Zoom
Another great video that explains RCV in 90 seconds
#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Elections #NorthCarolina
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It's not too late to register for tonight's RCV 101 session - Introduction to Ranked Choice Voting. 6PM EST on Zoom! Sign up at https://www.betterballotnc.org/rcv_101_january_25_2021
Our Introduction to Ranked Choice Voting Zoom session is tomorrow! It includes an explanation of RCV, a summary of its benefits, and a description of the various opportunities for support and volunteering. Register athttps://www.betterballotnc.org/rcv_101_january_25_2021
Only 2 days until our our Ranked Choice Voting Zoom session (RCV 101). Sign up at https://betterballotnc.org/rcv_101_january_25_2021
Ranked choice voting is a simple but meaningful change to elections.
Ranked Choice Voting 101
Ranked choice voting (RCV) makes democracy more fair and functional. It works in a variety of contexts. It is a simple change that can have a big impact.
RCV is a way to ensure elections are fair for all voters. It allows voters the option to rank candidates in order of preference: one, two, three, and so forth.
If your vote cannot help your top choice win, your vote counts for your next choice.
Benefits of Ranked Choice Voting
Promotes Majority Support
Too often, candidates win elections despite being opposed by most voters. In elections with more than two candidates, candidates can and do win even when less than half of voters support them. For example, in Maine, nine of the eleven gubernatorial elections between 1994 and 2014 were won with less than 50% of votes. (This was one factor in Maine’s adoption of RCV beginning in 2018.)
With ranked choice voting (RCV) for single-winner offices, if no candidate has a majority in first-choices, the candidates in last place will be eliminated one-by-one. If a voter’s first choice is eliminated, their vote instantly goes to their second choice. That way, we can find out which of the top candidates has real majority support.
Discourages Negative Campaigning
In non-RCV elections, candidates benefit from mudslinging and attacking their opponent instead of sharing their positive vision with voters. This can lead to increasingly toxic and polarizing campaigns.
With RCV, candidates also compete for second choice votes from their opponents’ supporters which lessens the incentive to run a negative campaign. In RCV contests, candidates do best when they reach out positively to as many voters as possible, including those supporting their opponents.
Voters in RCV cities report more positive campaigning and greater satisfaction with their elections. See our Research on RCV page for more on campaign civility.
Provides More Choice for Voters
Democracy is strongest when more voices are heard.
Often, to avoid “vote splitting” in which candidates win with very little support, efforts are taken to limit the number of candidates who compete. This can manifest in several ways.
In some places, a low-turnout preliminary election eliminates most of the candidates
In other places, restrictive ballot access laws keep out challengers
Candidates are sometimes pressured to stay out of the race for fear of splitting the vote with another similar candidate. This can be particularly true for candidates from groups under-represented in elected office, such as people of color and women.
RCV allows more than two candidates to compete without fear of “splitting the vote” among like-minded individuals.
Saves Money When Replacing Preliminaries or Runoffs
Many local offices are elected in two rounds of elections. In some cases this is a preliminary election which winnows the field to two followed by a general election. In other cases it is a general election followed by a runoff election if no candidate won a majority.
In either case, the election that takes place on a day other than the general Election Day often suffers from weak and unrepresentative turnout, while raising issues of vote splitting in the first round and the possibility of disenfranchising military and overseas voters.
With RCV, a jurisdiction can enjoy the benefits of two rounds of voting in a single, more representative, higher-turnout election. This is why single-winner RCV is also known as “instant runoff voting.”
In this context, RCV can save the jurisdiction a lot of money - the entire cost of a second election - while helping promote majority rule and civil campaigning. This has been the motivation for the adoption of RCV in places like San Francisco (replacing runoffs) and Minneapolis (replacing primaries).
See our Research on RCV page for more on the benefits of RCV over two-round runoffs.
Promotes Reflective Representation
Compared to winner-take-all elections, RCV in multi-winner contests allows diverse groups of voters to elect candidates of choice. This promotes diversity of political viewpoint as well as diversity of candidate background and demographics. Even in single-winner races, RCV can promote the representation of historically under-represented groups.
See our Research on RCV page for more on reflective representation in single-winner contests.
See our Fair Representation Voting section for details on how RCV improves representation in multi-winner contests.
Minimizes Strategic Voting
Voters should be able to vote for candidates they support, not just vote against candidates they oppose most. In elections without RCV, voters may feel that they need to vote for the “lesser of two evils,” because their favorite candidate is less likely to win.
With RCV, voters can honestly rank candidates in order of choice. Voters know that if their first choice doesn’t win, their vote automatically counts for their next choice instead. This frees voters from worrying about how others will vote and which candidates are more or less likely to win.
Increased Participation from Military and Overseas Voters
Protecting the right to vote for men and women serving overseas in the armed forces or living abroad is of the highest importance. Deployed military and other overseas voters encounter particular challenges during runoff elections and presidential nominating contests, largely because of their timing.
Federal law requires states to provide military and overseas voters with ballots at least 45 days before any federal election, but runoff elections require a new set of ballots. Sending a second set of ballots requires an enormous delay, driving down turnout in the runoff election.
In presidential primaries and caucuses, many candidates withdraw quickly after the first few primaries, before military and overseas ballots can be counted. Subsequent primaries may receive military and overseas ballots cast for candidates no longer in the race because those voters mailed their ballots before learning that their favorite candidate left the race.
With RCV ballots, a military or overseas voter can rank the candidates on a single ballot. If a runoff occurs, or if candidates drop out of a presidential contest, the ranked ballot is counted for whichever candidate in the runoff the overseas voter ranked highest.
Five states use RCV ballots to include overseas and military voters in runoff elections: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina. In addition, Springfield, IL has adopted this reform for local races.
For more information, see FairVote’s Policy Guide for RCV ballots for military and overseas voters.
Join us at our Statewide Gathering on Sunday, February 21st.
Register at https://www.betterballotnc.org/statewide_meeting_february_2021
3:15pm - 4:00pm Learn more about #RankedChoiceVoting
4:00pm - 5:30pm Work session for everyone
Location: Zoom
1 minute to learn how ranked choice voting works
The Fair Representation Act would go a long way to making our elected officials better represent the people. Introduced in the US House in 2017, it has been in Committee since. It uses Ranked Choice voting to select 3-5 Representatives from gerrymander-proof districts.
For a summary of how the FRA would affect North Carolina:https://fairvote.app.box.com/v/FairRepNorthCarolina
For more information on the FRA: https://www.fairvote.org/fair_rep_act
To support the FRA:https://p2a.co/EL7YrfD
What is Plurality Voting? It is the most commonly used system where the candidate that gets the most votes wins, even if that is far less than a majority of votes. One of the advantages of Ranked Choice Voting is that the winner receives a majority (over 50%) of the votes. #RCV #RankedChoiceVoting #BBNC #BetterBallotNorthCarolina
