Let Voters Use Ranked Choice Voting

Ranked choice voting lets voters rank candidates, and the count runs until one candidate has a majority.

A letter to your state legislators. Facts checked September 24, 2026.

The explainer behind this letter Ranked Choice Voting How ranking candidates works, where it's used, and why some states ban it

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The Letter

Subject Let voters use ranked choice voting

Cities and voters should get to decide how they elect their own leaders. I am asking you to vote against any bill that bans ranked choice voting or blocks local governments from choosing it.

Ranked choice voting lets voters rank candidates in order. If no one wins a majority of first choices, the last-place candidate is dropped and those ballots count for each voter's next choice, until one candidate has a majority. Maine has used it since 2018, and nearly 14 million Americans live where it is used or adopted.

Nineteen states now ban it, and 18 of those bans came from legislatures, not voters. Florida's and Tennessee's overrode cities whose voters had approved it.

People can disagree about whether ranking is the best way to vote. A ban ends that debate before voters get a say. Please keep this choice with voters and their communities.

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I'm calling to ask my state legislator to vote against any bill that bans ranked choice voting or blocks cities from choosing it.
Ranked choice lets voters rank candidates, and the count runs until one candidate has a majority.
Nineteen states have banned it, 18 of them by legislative vote. I want my legislator to leave this choice with voters and local communities.

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The Facts Behind the Ask

14 million voters in 49 jurisdictions across 22 states and D.C. use or have adopted ranked choice voting (source)
19 states ban ranked choice voting as of September 2026, including Indiana and Ohio in 2026 (source)
737 votes by which Alaska voters kept ranked choice voting in November 2024, out of 320,985 (source)

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