ranked choice voting

Northern Virginia Republicans will start casting ballots this weekend to nominate candidates for Congress, and in some cases, voters will use ranked choice ballots.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the upcoming ranked-choice GOP primary and why such primaries are growing in popularity.

The Democratic primary for mayor of New York City was thrown into a state of confusion Tuesday when election officials abruptly retracted their latest report on the vote count after realizing it had been corrupted by test data never cleared from a computer system.

As the new election method gains momentum, here are the basics of ranked-choice voting

New York is the country’s largest city and the most prominent adopter of ranked choice voting, a voting system unfamiliar to many Americans. NBCLX Political Editor Noah Pransky explains the significance of the race.

If the red and blue political map turns your stomach green, look to Maine for an alternative vision for picking our presidents. On Election Day, the state will be the first to try a ranked choice voting system in a presidential general election. So what is ranked choice voting and why do its supporters say it’s a better way to...