| Andrew Bahl | Ballotpedia |
On Nov. 4, 2025, voters in Greenbelt, Maryland, passed a non-binding referendum in favor of adopting ranked-choice voting (RCV) for city council elections. If the Greenbelt City Council adopts an RCV system, it would be the 52nd locality in the United States that uses or is scheduled to use RCV in at least some elections.
Greenbelt voters approved the measure 67% to 33%. Currently, one other city in Maryland — Takoma Park — uses RCV.
”Localities in 15 states currently use RCV
One other locality enacted ranked-choice voting in 2025, with voters in Skokie, Illinois, approving an RCV initiative in April.
Two states — Alaska and Maine — use RCV for some federal and statewide elections, and Hawaii uses RCV for some statewide elections. Localities in 15 states currently use RCV. The locality with the longest continuous use of RCV is Cambridge, Massachusetts, which began using the system in 1941.