With early voting starting Saturday, understanding ranked-choice voting is more important than ever. NY1’s Pat Kiernan is making sense of it all using something we can all relate to: lunch.

Ranked-choice voting allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference — first, second, and third choices. When counting, if a candidate gets more than 50% of first-choice votes, they win. If ...

The ranked-choice voting process that New York City voters will use in the Democratic primary for mayor can be confusing, but the rules don’t have to give you brain freeze. Get a taste of RCV by ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is using ranked choice voting in its Democratic mayoral primary election, a system that takes some explaining, even for people who have used it before. Ranked choice is ...

Wearing a superhero costume, actor and filmmaker DezBaa’ emerged from the voting booth Friday afternoon after casting a ballot in the crowded Santa Fe mayor’s race. She’d done her homework. She’d ...

When New Yorkers fill out ballots in Tuesday’s mayoral primary, they’ll be able to choose more than just one candidate. They can pick a second choice. And a third. And a fourth. And a fifth. It’s part ...

Currently, towns and cities that want to implement ranked choice voting must first pass a home rule petition and then have it approved by the state legislature. MA bill would allow towns to implement ...

Robert Melvin, Northeast Region Director, R Street Institute In SUPPORT of House Bill 630, “Elections; ranked choice voting; locally elected office, report.” February 9, 2026 House Privileges and ...

The conservative backlash against ranked choice voting grew to over one-third of U.S. states last week as Iowa became the 17th Republican-controlled legislature in less than four years to ban the ...

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