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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for 2022-10-21 ( 1 items )  
Congressional Research Service Issues Legal Sidebar White Paper on Ranked-Choice Voting (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper on the ranked-choice voting (No. LSB10837) on Oct. 12, 2022 by legislative attorney Jimmy Balser: * * * Ranked-choice voting (RCV) is an alternative voting system that allows voters to rank multiple candidates on a ballot in order of preference. RCV has been adopted in at least 50 jurisdictions across the United States, including for statewide and federal elections in Maine and Alaska. These election systems, also called preferent more PR