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The Virginia Legislature recently passed Senate Bill 176, which expands and regulates the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV) in local elections starting July 1, 2026.

2026 could go down as the worst year on record for the ranked-choice voting movement.

Even though Senate Bill 175 failed to pass this session, it doesn’t mean the fight is over.

By California standards, Sacramento is considered one of the safer big cities in the state with a more moderate local government. But if the city adopts ranked-choice voting for municipal elections, …

The highest court in Maine has struck down an attempt by the Legislature to expand ranked-choice voting in state elections.

RCV has failed everywhere it’s been tried. Yet, Virginia legislators recently passed SB 176, which would encourage local governments to implement ranked-choice voting in the state.

When it comes to election policies, the number of voters participating matters. So does the importance of an election.

Will ‘election reformers’ learn from their failures?

Ranked-choice voting advocates pushed to make Michigan the largest RCV experiment ever, despite the system only being used at far smaller scales and showing problems elsewhere.

Voters can be thankful if some of the biggest donors are moving on from RCV.