RCV Clips

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...

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/

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:...

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 Res...

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 Resour...

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 Re...

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...

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. Gingle...

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://ww...

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-sympo...

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

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-...

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...

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...

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=sha...

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/1h2R...

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

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.commerciala...

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.googl...

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...

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....

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, a...

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/watc...

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/...

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 Sympos...