News & Updates

System strengthens the principle of majority rule and discourages negative campaigning

The 2022 Midterm Election is over, and although the results are still coming in, Ranked Choice Voting was used and voted to be implemented throughout the state.

Solutions From The Multiverse interviews one of the co-founders of Cal RCV, Tom Charron

"We also could implement structural changes. Instead of running two redundant sets of elections under the state’s top two system, we could use ranked choice voting with instant runoffs in June, and determine winners in just one round." -- Joe Mathews

"It works, it’s cost-effective, it makes for more representative government and voters like it." -- Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin

Moving to Ranked Choice Voting would eliminate "contingent runoff" elections, which currently reduces turnout among people of color

Andrew Yang, Rob Richie, and Maria Perez joined moderator Tom Charron of the California RCV Coalition to discuss the state of voting in California and our nation as a whole.

National nonprofits that study electoral reform find that "RCV increases descriptive representation
for women, people of color, and women of color."