Portland, Oregon tried Proportional Ranked Choice Voting for the first time in 2024 — and even the conservative American Enterprise Institute says it’s working. Their new system produced a more racially representative city council, gave voters more meaningful choices on their ballots, and brought more people to the polls.
Hi, Voters!
Please take a moment and vote in our Ventura County-wide mock Governor's election using RCV!
A traditional election requires you to choose a single candidate and hope for the best. In a crowded field, as in this year's election, voters have to choose between voting for candidates they believe in and voting for those they think are likely to survive the primary and advance to the general. Vote splitting is on everyone's mind, and voters, Democrat and Republican alike, are struggling to choose which candidate to support in hopes that their choice makes the final two.
And, of course, Independent and Third-Party candidates are entirely left out of the process and labeled as a "throw-away" vote. (Sorry, largest block of voters who are registered as Independents. No soup for you!)
With Ranked Choice Voting, we could eliminate primaries and two-round runoff formats altogether and have a single, high-turnout November election with many candidates from across the political spectrum. Voters could vote for their preference, and constituents would get consensus winners.
No more strategic voting, no more vote splitting, no more lesser of two evils.
All candidates in this election are still in the race and were polling at or above 1% support in recent polls.
Have fun! Results will be released after the polls close on June 2nd!