In this episode of RCV Clips, hosts Kelly G and Chris Hughes discuss the upcoming ranked choice voting (RCV) elections in Charlottesville, Virginia, and New York City. They explore the implementation of RCV in Charlottesville, including its proportional voting system, and reflect on New York City's experience with RCV since its adoption. The conversation also touches on the competitive nature of the upcoming mayoral election in NYC and the technology used in RCV elections, such as RCTab. The episode concludes with a look ahead at future RCV elections across various jurisdictions.

Takeaways:

Charlottesville is implementing ranked choice voting for the first time.

Proportional ranked choice voting allows for more representative outcomes.

New York City adopted ranked choice voting to avoid costly runoffs.

RCV helps capture voter preferences in a single election.

Technology like RCTab is crucial for counting RCV votes efficiently.

Charlottesville's election is on June 17th with early voting already underway.

New York City elections are highly competitive, especially for mayor.

RCV is being used in multiple jurisdictions this fall.

Fort Collins, Colorado is a new implementation of RCV.

Cambridge, Massachusetts has a long history of using proportional RCV.