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The Massachusetts Campaign for Ranked Choice Voting, Part 1

Massachusetts voters have the opportunity to adopt ranked choice voting statewide on November 3. In this three-part series, the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center dives into how the campaign came together, what it took to get on the ballot, what the campaign did to reach prospective voters, and how the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to derail it all. In episode one, Liz Popolo and Greg Dennis talk through the early days of Voter Choice Massachusetts, from Fall 2016 through Winter 2019. Join us as they go from a scrappy volunteer startup to a full-fledged ballot campaign. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sU1pfy6tcvd710CgQzL5kf7dl_yI8BD7/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - Yes on 2 campaign: http://www.yeson2rcv.com/ - Voter Choice Massachusetts: https://voterchoicema.org/

Oct 29, 202027 min

The 2020 Mid-Year Update

Rosemary Blizzard, Chris Hughes, and Kelly Sechrist give an update on everything the RCVRC has planned for the rest of 2020. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ae9fUAgZ89K5myM59pLYme8--SM2zljc/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - RCVRC Tabulator (rebranded RCTab): https://www.rcvresources.org/rctab - RCVRC new website (coming soon): http://www.rcvresources.org/

Jul 30, 202029 min

Risk-Limiting Audits of Ranked Choice Voting

Jennifer Morrell walks us through risk-limiting audits of ranked choice voting contests in San Francisco, Alaska, Kansas, and Wyoming. We suggest listeners check out our first audits episode from October 2018 before listening to this episode. It is available at this link: https://www.rcvresources.org/rcv-clips-podcast/october-2018-securing-ranked-choice-voting-elections. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YwhygC_ir2l16SxqCxa_3BdrwmHlsY3a/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - Github Repository of RCV RLA software: https://github.com/michelleblom/audit-irv-cp/tree/raire-branch - You Can Do RLAs for IRV paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.00235.pdf

May 29, 202030 min

Voting by Mail in the Midst of a Pandemic

There's been a lot of talk lately about how the 2020 election will look in the midst of COVID-19. While moving to an all-mail election seems like a viable answer, there are a lot of factors that will affect how Americans cast their ballots in November. Amber McReynolds, CEO of National Vote at Home and former Director of Elections for the City of Denver, sits down with the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center to discuss her own experiences with vote-by-mail implementation and how voting by mail may look as the election officials prepare to hold elections during a pandemic. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FTUD_uf5lIJXkHqEMxVdOdG-I8KOhY00/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - National Vote at Home Institute: https://www.voteathome.org/ - Alaska RCV Primary Results: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bee0c9e4b0441ce96c4681/t/5e9275be2121991619e69679/1586656703552/AK+PRP+RCV+Display.pdf - Hawaii RCV Primary Results: https://web.archive.org/web/20201205231237/https://hawaiidemocrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HawaiiDemocraticPartySOVFinalRevF.pdf - Kansas RCV Primary Results: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yMJe7AdU7vYnOWbw-X7LDZilx3_vO1Ll/view - Wyoming RCV Primary Results: https://web.archive.org/web/20210308202235/https://www.wyodems.org/2020caucusresults - Recommendations for running elections in a crisis - UCI Law: https://www.law.uci.edu/news/press-releases/2020/2020ElectionReport.pdf

Apr 28, 202024 min

Statewide Voter Education in Maine

In this segment from our 2019 Symposium, Kristen Muszynski, Director of Communications for the Maine Secretary of State, walks us through how the State of Maine educated voters for their first-ever ranked choice voting elections in 2018. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Sy4wMAICeVQYnKw4Fd1S3W7ICQ-htRYn/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - RCV Education Resources page - Maine SOS: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/rcv.html - How RCV Works video - Maine SOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp1APVk7SQk&feature=youtu.be - RCV FAQ page - Maine SOS: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/rankedchoicefaq.html - RCV Fact Sheet - Maine SOS (pdf): https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/pdf/rcvfactsheet.pdf

Feb 27, 202024 min

The Great Middle School Election of 2019

We sent 500 ranked choice voting ballots into the lion's den: middle school classrooms. Listen in as Rosemary Blizzard and Melissa Hall talk about what the Great Middle School Election of 2019 taught us about ranked choice voting, Christmas carols, and the mind of the American middle schooler. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dQXu9V5w3Tx_aztoMVroFKha7lTWiNUy/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: The Great Middle School Election Ballot: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MubuQC0EjL2DFDeXv2ZHZJQ_m4jrnGx4 The Great Middle School Election Ballot Survey: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pgFY1ErJOisTs6uqT8Ds901EXyXJjoK2 Introducing Ranked Choice Voting Ballots: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CRG1dHBM6GEa08B82eTsJWzN7Zp77CHY/view

Jan 2, 202033 min

So, How Does RCV Work, Again?

In this episode of RCV Clips, we mash up two older episodes of the show, Back to RCV Basics and Multi-Winner RCV, to give you RCV in a nutshell. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CC7rySnVlGvO6j7BK-xa_QRUXdb1gQ4g/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - Santa Fe, NM Sample Ballots: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1isCkgdsWlgQGAY8Is8egGE7dFw6k4VQR?usp=sharing - Minneapolis, MN Sample Ballots: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h4yiCC4_Up5E2otxGBz8vQ79uNHucPTt?usp=sharing - Minneapolis, MN Voter Education: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hWmm73R3GFWttilWTzLJN-U1BuCODB0R?usp=sharing - Types of RCV page: https://www.rcvresources.org/types-of-rcv RCVRC Webinars - ABCs of RCV: https://www.rcvresources.org/abcs-of-rcv - Understanding Multi-winner RCV: https://www.rcvresources.org/understanding-multi-winner-ranked-choice-voting - Surveying RCV in 2019: https://www.rcvresources.org/surveying-rcv-in-2019 FairVote - Cambridge's 70-year history of multi-winner RCV: fairvote.app.box.com/v/fair-rep-cambridge-effects FairVote - History of Multi-Winner RCV in New York City: fairvote.app.box.com/v/PR-in-NYC

Dec 18, 201921 min

Voting Rights in Eastpointe, Michigan

Rosemary Blizzard and Chris Hughes discuss the first-ever use of ranked choice voting to remedy a Voting Rights Act (VRA) complaint in Eastpointe, Michigan this year. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZetagbSKtJDmMn8cpSIHxeNleadjjcJO/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - RCVRC Tabulator (rebranded RCTab): https://www.rcvresources.org/rctab - Thornburg v. Gingles, 478 U.S. 30 (1985): https://www.oyez.org/cases/1985/83-1968 - Alternative VRA Remedies - FairVote: https://www.fairvote.org/fair_voting_in_the_united_states

Nov 26, 201932 min

The Universal RCV Tabulator, v1.0.1

The RCVRC introduced the Universal RCV Tabulator in a webinar earlier this month. In this episode of RCV Clips, hear a segment from that webinar to learn more about how the tabulator works and how to use it. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18-r5Wnt2EbGrJxFyKDw77vPzUYbyJppD/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - RCVRC Tabulator page (rebranded RCTab): https://www.rcvresources.org/rctab - Universal RCV Tabulator Webinar: https://www.rcvresources.org/universal-rcv-tabulator-webinar

Oct 17, 201911 min

RCVRC Mid-Year Recap

Chris Hughes and Rosemary Blizzard talk about the RCVRC's work so far this year and everything we're looking forward to this fall. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FlBmG40sRjJiE-xCk6vcpjgODXtcc5Zb/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - RCVRC Tabulator (rebranded RCTab): https://www.rcvresources.org/rctab - 2019 Symposium: https://www.rcvresources.org/2019-symposium

Aug 30, 201919 min

Hand-Counting RCV in St. Paul

David Triplett, Interim Director of Elections for Ramsey County, Minnesota, discusses hand-counting RCV elections. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jDp8dKLzRiV5j11gvHE0IyzFiZ_-WZ5H/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - Ramsey County, MN, Elections - RCV page: https://www.ramseycounty.us/residents/elections-voting/voters/prepare-vote/ranked-voting

Aug 6, 201918 min

RCV from A to Z in Easthampton, Massachusetts

Tom Peake, District 3 City Councilor for Easthampton, Massachusetts, joins to discuss the movement for RCV in Easthampton. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15qYiSk2Pllfy44TIe73sbrxun3NAqkcI/view?usp=sharing Resources discussed in this episode: - New England Public Media - Easthampton, Mass., Makes Push For RCV: https://www.nepr.net/post/easthampton-mass-makes-push-ranked-choice-voting#stream/0 - Voter Choice Massachusetts: https://www.voterchoicema.org/

Jun 26, 201928 min

Symposium Recap: Campaigning as a Ranked Choice Candidate

On April 29 and 30th, the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center held our second annual RCV Symposium. In this episode of RCV Clips, listen to Minneapolis City Council Member Linea Palmisano's presentation during Session 2: See How They Run: Campaigning as an RCV Candidate. After that, check out the rest of the 2019 Symposium sessions on our website. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tmkrHp8mLkmx9KK9ibnlJogoOk7U3S37/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - 2019 Symposium - Session 2: See How They Run: Campaigning as an RCV Candidate: https://www.rcvresources.org/session-2-see-how-they-run - RCVRC 2019 Symposium page: https://www.rcvresources.org/2019-symposium

May 30, 201916 min

The Maine Voter Experience

Hear directly from two Maine voters as they tell Rosemary Blizzard what it was like to vote in their state's historic RCV elections last year. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LF8fkEqAi9YuiwqrA6wRV1amTGgyl-1M/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - RCVRC Reports page - RCV Usability Study: http://rcvresources.org/reports - Maine RCV Sample Ballots: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1o8Rlt99cv-eBeTurr76IXZjITkRq3bYn?usp=sharing - Maine Voter Education Materials: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11CbJC1h1MyHtnPhwzqOCXLpg_MoY-j14?usp=sharing - Center for Civic Design - RCV: https://civicdesign.org/topics/rcv/

Apr 25, 201911 min

The Story of Alameda County's RCV Implementation

Berkeley, Oakland, and San Leandro, all located in Alameda County, CA, began using RCV in 2010. In this episode, Dave MacDonald, former Alameda County Registrar of Voters and Chief Information Officer, walks Karen Brinson Bell through how Alameda County got RCV up and running in each of those cities. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QCVOHz-BcD2KT0TNnuYDxwdHshmx8N3x/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode include: - Alameda County RCV Resources: https://www.acgov.org/rov/rcv/ - Individual City RCV Resources: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1N9T_u0sG-PZTI6QQehgYVBmiX1FAvqan?usp=sharing

Mar 28, 201925 min

Testifying on Ranked Choice Voting

Like all pieces of legislation, ranked choice voting legislation goes through committee hearings where policymakers hear testimony from experts, activists, and members of the public. In this episode, George Gilbert, Karen Brinson Bell, and Chris Hughes discuss what it's like to testify about ranked choice voting in front of those committees. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h2RuCPfDSSifTuJvxGx00edEl6ZJDG6E/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - Karen Brinson Bell's testimony to the New York City Charter Revision Commission: https://youtu.be/ZqHGtIlgP-Y?t=644 - George Gilbert's testimony to the Washington House Government and Tribal Relations Committee (begins at 7:00): https://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2019021341 - Chris Hughes's testimony to the Maryland House Ways and Means Committee (begins at 2:50:35): http://mgahouse.maryland.gov/mga/play/1a0a5140-4f25-43c2-a4ff-e761d2eee0b7/?catalog/03e481c7-8a42-4438-a7da-93ff74bdaa4c&playfrom=9203000

Feb 27, 201922 min

Drafting Effective Ranked Choice Voting Legislation

Dave O'Brien, Staff Attorney at FairVote, joins Chris Hughes to talk about drafting effective ranked choice voting legislation. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yz1SSzWF5LGIEoOlU6wHbgoEFe9wRliQ/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: Colorado's RCV Regulations: https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/rule_making/CurrentRules/8CCR1505-1/Rule26.pdf

Jan 31, 201922 min

The Politics of RCV Implementation

Steven John Mulroy, University of Memphis law professor and ranked choice voting activist in Memphis, takes Chris Hughes through the last 10years of trials and tribulations for RCV in Memphis. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yTdJ1wGRCOJDfYteQBuqAjFtRyHk-i8t/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - RCV in Memphis - Commercial Appeal story: https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2018/11/07/instant-runoff-voting-memphis-shelby-county-midterm-election/1858041002/ - Report on Non-Majority Wins - Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Noteworthy_third_party_candidates_in_the_2018_elections - IRV As Part Of A Broader Election Reform Movement - Steve's Sept. 2018 blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20210512145555/http://saveirvmemphis.com/irv-as-part-of-a-broader-election-reform-movement

Dec 19, 201825 min

Serving Military and Overseas Voters with RCV

Isaac Cramer, Absentee Coordinator for the Charleston County Board of Elections, talks with Karen Brinson Bell about how Charleston County uses RCV ballots to enfranchise their military and overseas voters. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16zUGR5YvGObEbdpaR2TWSa7tFzFt0Iru/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - 2006 South Carolina RCV Ballot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OyB8coQonUFXnumve4iBLt74UdVHqnlm/view?usp=sharing - South Carolina RCV for UOCAVA Law: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LB6xpkx9Gl43pNNZyx70gTCwIS9HPLol/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112994388885332406996&rtpof=true&sd=true - Your Vote, Our Veterans Program: https://www.charlestoncounty.org/departments/bevr/vets-about.php

Nov 20, 201821 min

Securing Ranked Choice Voting Elections

Karen Brinson Bell, George Gilbert, and Chris Hughes talk about how to secure RCV elections using post-election audits. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_M9Xj-IrRxsWT2FdVN8pYh_wn3wk9jtt/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode include: - Auditing RCV webinar - RCVRC: https://www.rcvresources.org/auditing-ranked-choice-voting - Post-Election Audits & RCV white paper - RCVRC: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14-LclKRn2B9rkvFLxY8Q2wyU7B0cOA5_/view?usp=sharing - Post-Election Audits - NCSL: https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/post-election-audits - Verified Voting website: http://verifiedvoting.org/

Oct 30, 201821 min

Voter-Focused RCV in Minneapolis

Casey Carl, City Clerk of Minneapolis, tells us about ranked choice voting in his city: how ballots get counted, how voters learn about their elections, and what Minneapolis is doing next with RCV. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lPNFhzNDbcKRFLbUbEirerNlqMMoKKB5/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - Minneapolis, MN election website: http://vote.minneapolismn.gov - Minneapolis, MN RCV page: https://vote.minneapolismn.gov/ranked-choice-voting

Sep 27, 201825 min

Back to Ranked Choice Voting Basics

In this episode of RCV Clips, Karen Brinson Bell and Connie Schmidt get back to basics: covering why RCV is used, where it’s used, how voters mark their ballots, how voters learn about RCV, and how RCV gets counted. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17TyEbBs1aVWzCtwpPtUiXFrGkBUKzcl3/view?usp=sharing Visuals always help, so here are some example ballots, example voter education, and illustrations of how single-winner RCV gets counted. - 2009 Minneapolis, MN RCV Sample Ballot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y-VcpaElawB2iIolF0FeHlHyx9T-Gc_E/view?usp=sharing - 2018 Maine RCV Sample Ballot: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MWWJWvoif27geLm4Qjfkxnmx08gTEfNK - Minneapolis, MN Voter Education flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10QvVnYB2diVKInqAfuvhickOV-DHvyMO/view?usp=sharing - How RCV Works page: https://www.rcvresources.org/how-it-works - Types of RCV page: https://www.rcvresources.org/types-of-rcv Resources mentioned in this episode: RCVRC Webinars: - ABCs of RCV: https://www.rcvresources.org/abcs-of-rcv - Usability Webinar 1: Designing Ballots for RCV: https://www.rcvresources.org/usability-webinar-1-designing-ballots-for-rcv - Understanding Multi-winner RCV: https://www.rcvresources.org/understanding-multi-winner-ranked-choice-voting RCV Clips Episodes: - Designing RCV for Voters (RCV Usability Study): https://www.rcvresources.org/rcv-clips-podcast/may-2018-designing-ranked-choice-voting-for-voters - Multi-winner RCV: https://www.rcvresources.org/rcv-clips-podcast/february-2018-multi-winner-ranked-choice-voting

Aug 24, 201814 min

Maine's Statewide RCV Election at the Local Level

Kathy Montejo, City Clerk of Lewiston, Maine, sits down with Karen Brinson Bell to discuss how local election administrators prepared for Maine's statewide RCV election in June. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Trvj7aeDl3e18X29LHGPNDoRLJSimlAy/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - Lewiston's video on How to Mark a Ballot Using RCV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HPD37tMbgU - Lewiston's How RCV Works flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19WgWHCbZ42eXAjECJ1CxlAKwKoAdsHo4/view?usp=sharing - SOS Dunlap's one-hour RCV information session at Lewiston Library: http://lplonline.org/events/ranked-choice-voting-outreach/ Informational kiosk in both City Hall and Lewiston Library: - Turner Publishing article - Absentee ballots, RCV information available at Lewiston City Hall: http://www.turnerpublishing.net/news/2018/05/22/lewiston-maine-city-hall-sets-up-information-table-on-ranked-choice-voting/ - Sun Journal article (paywall) - Lewiston spreading the word on RCV: http://www.sunjournal.com/lewiston-spreading-the-word-on-ranked-choice-voting/ Other outreach efforts: - May 8 – School Budget Election – Kathy was at the polls all day and spoke with hundreds of voters. There were posters, flyers, sample ballots, etc., available. - May 15 – presentation during City Council meeting showing how a ballot is marked under RCV – televised live on cable and YouTube, rebroadcasts on cable - June 4 at 1 pm - Presentation at Lewiston Senior Citizen’s Center meeting - Local community access/cable TV station running the SOS's 5-minute RCV video as well as the one-hour SOS presentation at the Lewiston Library

Jul 27, 201815 min

The History of Ranked Choice Voting

Chris Hughes and Morgan Chance talk about how ranked choice voting was used in the early 20th century and what that can tell us about ranked choice voting today. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xCGlfzvjVDKzS8bfiLQhLuYPXvY4HuUf/view?usp=sharing Resources discussed in the episode: - Jack Santucci's Blog on IBM RCV Voting Machines: https://fruitsandvotes.wordpress.com/2018/06/21/early-stv-voting-equipment/ - RCVRC History of RCV in the U.S. Webinar: https://www.rcvresources.org/history-webinar - Jack Santucci's paper on the History of Multi-Winner RCV (paywall): http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1532673X16674774

Jun 29, 201815 min

Designing Ranked Choice Voting for Voters

Whitney Quesenbery of the Center for Civic Design talks to us about CCD's work on ranked choice voting usability: designing RCV election materials for the everyday voter. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AW667NkB87ZQc8Qbepm50nzK-bgqgZzT/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - RCV Usability Reports and Materials: https://www.rcvresources.org/reports - 2018 Symposium Recordings: https://www.rcvresources.org/2018-symposium - Center for Civic Design: https://civicdesign.org/

May 24, 201817 min

The Utah RCV Municipal Pilot Project

Karen Brinson Bell and State Representative Marc Roberts of Utah discuss the ranked choice voting pilot project bill that passed there in March. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sGtKPygaC6h8YETXvweb9ba4-Ct2vo2a/view?usp=sharing Resources discussed in this episode: - FairVote's coverage of the Utah Bill: http://www.fairvote.org/empowering_utah_cities_to_fight_spoilers_with_ranked_choice_voting - HB0035 Bill Text: https://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0035.html - Utah Legislature Rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMEweniYYDY

Apr 25, 201819 min

Voter Education in Santa Fe

Join Karen Brinson Bell in a conversation with Maria Perez, of FairVote New Mexico, about voter education efforts for Santa Fe's inaugural RCV election held on March 6th. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XoyZt-yUmHJJxdpO7oTm9baESLibpIq8/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - City of Santa Fe's RCV website: https://web.archive.org/web/20211102224109/https://www.votedifferentsantafe.com - City of Santa Fe's March 6th Election website: https://www.santafenm.gov/election_-_march_6_2018_regular_municipal_election - FairVote website on New Mexico: https://www.fairvote.org/rcv_in_new_mexico

Mar 21, 201816 min

Multi-Winner Ranked Choice Voting

In this episode, we cover the basics of multi-winner ranked choice voting with excerpts from our February 2018 webinar. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e037b3f2qKkOewVnNNBoaELVLYsHNfml/view?usp=sharing To watch the full webinar, check out: https://www.rcvresources.org/understanding-multi-winner-ranked-choice-voting Additional resources on multi-winner RCV: - Cambridge's 70-year history of RCV - FairVote: https://fairvote.app.box.com/v/fair-rep-cambridge-effects - Political Polarization in Cambridge - FairVote: https://fairvote.app.box.com/v/CambridgePolarization - Multi-Winner RCV in New York City - FairVote: https://fairvote.app.box.com/v/PR-in-NYC - Fair Representation Act Report - FairVote: https://app.box.com/embed/preview/6yf48sytw0at22y617yjoyndu4xr58sq?direction=ASC&theme=dark

Feb 26, 20189 min

Budgeting for RCV

In this episode, Morgan Chance and Gary Bartlett discuss building a budget for ranked choice voting elections. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AaQkwPviT47GyPuMW4jmmetiM0suX6u8/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - Model Implementation Plan: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15PX7RA1LQNLCM2pWVyOc0G3ZovadpWmq/view?usp=sharing - Requests for Proposal: https://www.rcvresources.org/blog-post/sample-rfpsrfis-voting-equipment - Center for Civic Design RCV Usability Studies: https://civicdesign.org/projects/rcv/

Jan 22, 201813 min

Universal RCV Tabulator

In this episode, Chris Hughes and George Gilbert talk about the Universal RCV Tabulator. The Universal RCV Tabulator is software that can tabulate ranked choice voting elections. The software is in its prototype stage now. As its development continues, it will be able to take voting data from any major voting system used in elections today to calculate RCV elections. It is being developed for Maine's 2018 RCV Primaries right now, and more RCV counting rules will be added once the Maine rules are fully tested. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OSIP4vnjWQjmMzHI9DVkwf5TXvZtKIeO/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - Implementing RCV Statewide and Across Multiple Jurisdictions When Multiple Voting Systems Are Used (pdf): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VsbJYi22vIRcMmMetjzfe3R2ydu65v2T/view?usp=sharing

Dec 19, 201710 min

The RCV Model Implementation Plan

On the inaugural episode of RCV Clips, Morgan Chance and Karen Brinson Bell talk about the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center's "Model RCV Implementation Plan." The Model Implementation Plan is a broad map of the start-to-finish process of ranked choice voting, from the introduction of legislation to approve this voting method to the certification of election results. The plan is a living document with hyperlinks and web resources. It will be continually updated as additional best practices and new information come to light. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Sjz3yg-ukpmY64er2IjPS-pdNGepgiMH/view?usp=sharing Resources mentioned in this episode: - Model Implementation Plan: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15PX7RA1LQNLCM2pWVyOc0G3ZovadpWmq/view?usp=sharing

Nov 27, 20174 min

Welcome to RCV Clips

Welcome to RCV Clips, the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center's podcast. This monthly podcast will cover ranked choice voting election administration topics ranging from drafting legislation to election certification. We'll have brief interviews with team members of the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center, election administrators who have run RCV elections, and more to tell us about the resources available through the RCVRC and best practices learned through running RCV elections. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AX7l5rHOnJQIfghH6f0rWYwpwybPalnz/view?usp=sharing

Nov 21, 20170 min