Ranked Choice voting advocacy

I’ve become a supporter of ranked choice voting, the system under which you vote for your top choice, as usual, along with your #2, #3, etc. If no one gets a majority, the bottom vote getter is eliminated and his or her #2 votes get added to the tally. And so on, until someone gets a majority.

Today, I sent a letter to my state Senator, Pat Jehlen, advocating for ranked choice voting. Voter Choice MA has a meeting with her in the near future, so it was important to let her know that constituents care.

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