Having its own charter, or city constitution, enabling more control over its local elections means Irvine “has the ability to ...

Ranked-choice voting allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference — first, second, and third choices. When counting, if a candidate gets more than 50% of first-choice votes, they win. If ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The town of Newburgh will begin using ranked-choice voting in 2027. It is the result of a recent settlement between the Town Board ...

Last week, the town of Newburgh — not to be confused with the city of Newburgh — agreed to change how it elects the Town Council, and adopted a proportional rank choice voting system. The change comes ...

Civility encouraged by the system offers candidates a chance to speak well of each other and avoid negative campaigning. What ...

Both the Democratic and Republican sides feature wide-open races ahead of the June 9 primaries. Ranked-choice voting will ...

A bill prohibiting ranked choice voting passed out of the Indiana Senate Elections Committee on Monday. Even though Indiana doesn’t currently allow for that election method, those in support of the ...

A bill prohibiting ranked choice voting passed out of the Indiana Senate Elections Committee on Monday. Even though Indiana doesn’t currently allow for that election method, those in support of the ...

That quiet whimpering you hear is the sound of Democrats, astonished at the notion that two Republicans just might become the finalists in the governor’s race. The latest poll shows two GOPers — ...

NEWBURGH — The town of Newburgh will become the second municipality in the state to adopt a ranked-choice voting system, where the winner of an election is not always the initial top vote-getter. The ...