By Adam Pagnucco. Over the last several months, I wrote about a few state bills that have since been resolved in the most recent session of the General Assembly. Let’s…
Ranked Choice Voting Series
Is Ranked Choice Voting Worth Millions?
By Adam Pagnucco. As Montgomery County’s state legislators consider a bill that would enable ranked choice voting in the county, they should consider the fact that their Department of Legislative…
Ranked Choice Voting, Part Four
By Adam Pagnucco. Compared to traditional elections, ranked choice voting (RCV) produces different outcomes only two percent of the time. That’s because most elections in which RCV is an option…
Ranked Choice Voting, Part Three
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One gave an example of how ranked choice voting (RCV) works and Part Two described our dataset of more than 1,000 RCV-eligible elections from across the…
Ranked Choice Voting, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. Ranked choice voting (RCV) allows voters to rank candidates according to their preference of choice. And as candidates are eliminated, their voters’ next ranked choices are counted…
Ranked Choice Voting, Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. One of the hottest issues for students of elections right now is ranked choice voting (RCV). While RCV has been around for decades, it is spreading quickly…