New to Ranked Choice Voting (RCV)?
Check out this great, 1-minute YouTube video for a good start.
RCV for Cedar Rapids: Policy Brief
RCV for Cedar Rapids: Videos
This is a custom series of videos on Ranked Choice Voting, looking through the context of Cedar Rapids election history, covering the issue from the standpoint of the voter experience, election administration, and the path forward:
- Introduction to Ranked Choice Voting (2 min)
- Single Winner Elections using Instant Runoff RCV (4 min)
- Multi Winner Elections using Single Transferable Vote RCV (7 min)
- Ranked Choice Voting in Application (11 min)
- An Opportunity for Cedar Rapids (2 min)
A pdf-version of the slides are available to download.
Supporting Documents
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Administrative Assessment of RCV in Iowa: This is a comprehensive technical assessment of technical and legal issues for administering RCV elections in Iowa and Linn County
- Letter from NAACP Legal Defense Fund to the State of Florida (PDF): This was a letter opposing a new bill in Florida that would, among other things, ban Ranked Choice Voting. The NAACP-LDF letter (on page 6) addresses some concerns that were raised about minority participation and representation in RCV elections.
Other Commission Reports on RCV
Further Resources
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The Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center: This non-profit organization is the gold standard for everything related to legal and technical aspects of adopting and administering Ranked Choice Voting elections.
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FairVote: This non-profit is one of the longest-standing RCV organizations in the last 30 years.
- Evaluating the Effects of Ranked Choice Voting: This is a good, even-handed look at what we know so far on the impacts of Ranked Choice Voting by Lee Drutman and Maresa Strano for New America Foundation.
In the Press
TV
- Iowa Group Hopes To Gain Iowan's Support for Ranked Choice Voting (Aug 29)
- Ranked Choice Voting: Pros and Cons - Ethical Perspectives on the News (July 17)
- Cedar Rapids Review Commission consider scrapping runoffs (June 8)
News
- Better Ballot Iowa Looks To Expand Case for Ranked Choice Voting Beyond Cedar Rapids (Aug 22)
- Cedar Rapids commission lends support for ranked choice voting push (June 22)
- Should Cedar Rapids explore ranked choice voting system? (June 21)
- Cedar Rapids panel exploring ranked choice voting if Iowa allows it (April 19)
- Cedar Rapids candidates open to exploring alternatives to runoff election system (Dec 6)
Editorials
- Iowa: Change your ballots, not your clocks (March 18)
- Cedar Rapids can help put Ranked Choice Voting on the map (Feb 21)
- Cedar Rapids needs a better way to elect a mayor (Nov 26)
Op Eds