Advocates push to implement stalled ranked choice voting in Evanston

| Sophie Baker | The Daily Northwestern |

The overwhelming majority of Evanston voters passed a referendum supporting ranked choice voting in 2022 — yet the city still hasn’t adopted the practice.

Instead, the measure was challenged by the Cook County Clerk and struck down by the Circuit Court. Advocacy group Reform for Illinois recently appealed this ruling.

“We’re appealing because we disagree with this ruling, which has far-reaching implications beyond Evanston and ranked-choice voting,” said Reform for Illinois Executive Director Alisa Kaplan in the statement. “Illinois residents have a right to determine how they will be governed.”