Ranked Choice Voting: Reducing Polarization in the Political Process
Start: 2024-02-27 19:00:00 UTC Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00)
Event Type:
Virtual
A virtual link will be communicated before the event.
Join us for a live virtual event with Mark Lautman, voting rights activist and volunteer with the Maryland chapter of the national Rank the Vote Organization, to learn about ranked-choice voting.
This approach can increase meaningful participation and electoral competition, reduce polarization and negative campaigning in the political process, and, finally, lead to better expression of voter preference.
RCV has been used successfully in American cities and states for years. And this year, for the first time, there is a bill proposal to introduce RCV for Board of Education elections in Howard County. Come and learn why this electoral reform is an important step towards a better democracy.