Rank the Vote – Strengthening our democracy with ranked choice voting
RANK THE VOTE – Strengthening our democracy with ranked choice voting.
We make it easy as 1-2-3 to build a statewide movement for RCV.
Rank the Vote is a non-partisan, 501c3 non-profit organization formed to empower people across America to rapidly build grassroots movements for ranked choice voting in their own states, creating the preconditions for successful ballot or legislative campaigns.
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Our political system is paralyzed by polarization. Most vote out of fear of the other side; others are so alienated, they don’t believe even that makes a difference. Voices of innovation and compromise are blocked from the podium of politics. Women and people of color, despite hard-won gains, remain far from fair representation.
Ranked choice voting is one simple change proven to fix these problems caused by our outdated winner-take-all, plurality voting system. But when the impact is big, even simple change is hard, especially for a reform that is new to most Americans.
Rank the Vote’s role is to make political change possible by producing cultural change first. We are the one national organization that’s teaching everyday people how to rapidly “mainstream” the idea of RCV right in their home states.
Our strategy is to co-found and coach-up groups promoting RCV using grassroots organizing practices from our field-tested playbook. We’re already working with organizations in 32 states. Our success is measured by each group’s capacity growth — people signed up, money raised, and endorsements gathered.
Growing towards the goal of having 1% of each state’s population organized, along with completing a “campaign readiness” checklist built by local leaders and national partners, we hope to bring about the next big wave of city and state RCV enactments in 2-6 years.
Rank the Vote’s mission will be achieved when there are fifty states, indivisible, strengthening our democracy through ranked choice voting.
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Rank the Vote democracy spotlight: Katie Fahey of The People, and New Hampshire Together
Rank the Vote June 2, 2025 9:21 am