Every fall, we publish our Best of Dallas issue, the Observer’s biggest print edition of the year. In those pages, we ...

On November 12, the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race hosted “Now More Than Ever,” an event aimed at educating local residents about the long history of efforts to integrate the South ...

Santa Clara County’s special assessor race this year has cost the county tens of millions of dollars. A county advisory board ...

"Ranked choice voting can save money for local governments and for candidates by eliminating the need for primary elections," ...

The discussion about ranked choice voting for Illinois has gone quiet in the last year and a half, and you’d be forgiven for ...

House Speaker Matt Hall celebrated the news, calling ranked choice voting a "scheme to complicate and hijack our elections." ...

Montgomery County’s delegation to the Maryland General Assembly is hoping 2026 will be the year a bill on ranked choice ...

Rank MI Vote, the grassroots organization pushing for a ballot initiative to establish ranked choice voting in Michigan, has ...

A campaign for a 2026 ballot measure to overhaul Michigan elections by allowing voters to rank their preferred candidate in order of preference has halted its signature collection efforts. "Rank MI ...

Rank MI Vote, the grassroots organization pushing for a ballot initiative to establish ranked choice voting in Michigan, has paused its statewide efforts to get that measure on the 2026 ballot. Rank ...

Currently, towns and cities that want to implement ranked choice voting must first pass a home rule petition and then have it approved by the state legislature. MA bill would allow towns to implement ...

Ranked choice voting is coming to D.C. — whether these two council members like it or not. At-Large Council member Anita Bonds and Council member Wendell Felder, of Ward 7, argued for an emergency ...