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    Leading the way on ranked choice voting

    Michael Minta
    May 09, 2023
    Leading the way on ranked choice voting

    People hold signs in support of Yes On 2, the ranked choice voting ballot question, outside Boston City Hall in Boston on Oct. 30, 2020.

    Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

    Minta is a Professor in the University of Minnesota Political Science Department and a Board Member at FairVote Minnesota.

    As part of an effort to end divisive and negative election campaigns and polarized governance, U.S. election officials and policymakers are turning to ranked choice voting (RCV), otherwise known as instant runoff voting, to make our elections more civil, fair, and representative.

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