New to RCV?
Check out this great, 1-minute YouTube video on Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) for a good start.
Municipal RCV for Iowa: Panel Discussion
1. Introductory Talk - Matt Wetstein
2. First panelist - Chris Hughs, Director of Policy for the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center
3. Second panelist - Josh Daniels, Utah County Auditor
4. Third Panelist - Caroline Tolbert, Professor at University of Iowa
5. Additional Q&A
Full video:
Supporting Resources
- Bill HSB183: "The Municipal Choice Bill"
- Administrative Assessment of RCV in Iowa: This is a comprehensive technical assessment of technical and legal issues for administering RCV elections in Iowa
- A sample ballot from Salt Lake Utah [pdf] (with RCV and non-RCV elections on same ballot)
- An example in Utah of how RCV election results are displayed
RCV for Cedar Rapids: Videos
These are videos from a custom series of videos on Ranked Choice Voting we made for Cedar Rapids, 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)
Further Resources
- 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.
- 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, 2022)
- Ranked Choice Voting: Pros and Cons - Ethical Perspectives on the News (July 17, 2022)
- Cedar Rapids Review Commission consider scrapping runoffs (June 8, 2022)
News
- Better Ballot Iowa Looks To Expand Case for Ranked Choice Voting Beyond Cedar Rapids (Aug 22, 2022)
- Cedar Rapids commission lends support for ranked choice voting push (June 22, 2022)
- Should Cedar Rapids explore ranked choice voting system? (June 21, 2022)
- Cedar Rapids panel exploring ranked choice voting if Iowa allows it (April 19, 2022)
- Cedar Rapids candidates open to exploring alternatives to runoff election system (Dec 6, 2022)
Editorials
- Iowa: Change your ballots, not your clocks (March 18, 2022)
- Cedar Rapids can help put Ranked Choice Voting on the map (Feb 21, 2022)
- Cedar Rapids needs a better way to elect a mayor (Nov 26, 2022)
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