Alongside high-profile races last week, voters in several states also decided on ballot measures, including ranked-choice voting. While political

Voters in several states, including Missouri, last week delivered a stinging rebuke to ranked-choice voting, clouding the future of an idea that had seen strong momentum in recent years. Ranked-choice voting,

The vast majority of elections in the US are guided by plurality rule: Each voter selects one candidate, and the person with the most votes wins. Critics say this system, while simple to grasp, means voters can’t fully express their views when more than two candidates are running for an office.

In a pivotal congressional race in Maine, the state's ranked choice voting system is being used this week to determine the winner, but that won't be the end of it. The currently trailing candidate has requested a full recount that won't begin until after more than 12,

But ranked choice voting advocates also suffered a pretty serious shellacking on Election Day, though they’re managing to be much less fatalistic about it. “It was a false start down a pathway that people do not like,

The race for Maine's 2nd Congressional District has now officially gone to ranked choice voting. That tabulation process began in Augusta Tuesday afternoon.

Alaska and Maine already use ranked-choice voting, which supporters say could lead to more moderate politics. But it has been rejected in Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon.