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This week's question was, Legislators in how many states in 2022 and 2023 introduced at least one bill related to RCV?
You answered: 27
The correct answer is 40.
Legislators in 40 states have introduced at least one ranked-choice voting (RCV) bill since 2022. Overall, lawmakers have introduced 155 RCV bills in that period.
RCV is an electoral system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots. There are multiple forms of ranked-choice voting.
Here's where RCV is used—or prohibited—as of December 2023:
- RCV used statewide: Three states use RCV statewide. Alaska and Maine use RCV in federal and statewide elections. Hawaii uses RCV in certain statewide elections.
- RCV used (or scheduled for use) in some localities: Fourteen states contain localities that either use or are scheduled to begin using RCV in municipal elections.[1]
- RCV allowed by state law, but not in use: Virginia is the only state where RCV is allowed by state law but is not currently in use.
- RCV prohibited: Five states have enacted legislation prohibiting the use of RCV in any elections.
- No laws addressing RCV, not in use: Twenty-seven states have no laws addressing RCV, and neither the state nor any localities in the state use it.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Although Michigan is included here, municipalities in Michigan are not authorized to use RCV under state law. However, as the result of federal enforcement under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the city of Eastpointe has been authorized to use RCV for municipal elections since 2019. The jurisdictions of Ferndale, Kalamazoo, East Lansing, and Royal Oak have all authorized the use of RCV and plan to begin using the election method once legislation providing the state's authorization is signed into law.
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