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,

It's been more than a week since Portland voters took part in the city's first ranked-choice election, and the results — at least in terms of voter participation — leave a lot to be desired.Why it matters: An analysis by The Oregonian found that many voters — up to nearly 30% in some districts — declined to enter a vote in ranked-choice races,

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 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.

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.

Maine’s Department of the Secretary of State started the process of running a ranked-choice tabulation for the 2nd Congressional District race Tuesday that is likely to take multiple days to complete.

A ranked-choice voting tabulation aimed at determining the winner of a key congressional race in Maine will continue on Thursday, with the possibility of having final results by the end of the workday or sometime on Friday,

It is well past Election Day and there is still no winner in the race for Maine's Second Congressional District.