Links to valuable information about modern election methods, the organizations promoting them, and the software that implements them.
Organizations
Check with a national organization for help finding state, provincial, or local groups.
- FairVote American think tank advocating ranked-choice voting and other electoral improvements.
- FairVote Canada Similar organization in Canada, with connections to local efforts in many provinces.
- Electoral Reform Society UK-based group advocating proportional representation and ranked-choice voting.
- Californians for Electoral Reform Statewide California organization promoting ranked-choice voting and proportional representation.
- California Ranked Choice Voting Coalition Coalition working to expand RCV in California cities and statewide.
- ProRep Coalition Focused on statewide proportional representation in California.
- Center for Civic Design Best practices for RCV ballot design and election administration.
- Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center Technical support and resources for election administrators implementing RCV.
The case for electoral reform
Learn more about the history of ranked-choice voting, why it matters, and its prospects for expanded use.
- A more representative republic An illustrated introduction from Californians for Electoral Reform.
- Comparison of election methods Side-by-side comparison using real Cambridge, MA election data.
- Quotes from notable sources What scholars, politicians, and advocates have said about ranked-choice voting.
DemoChoice in action
DemoChoice demonstration polls using real candidate data from upcoming elections.
- California 2026 Ranked-choice demonstration polls for the 2026 California Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and all state legislative races, using the new proportional multi-winner method for Assembly, Senate, and Congressional districts.
Open-source software
- DemoChoice This site — open-source PHP and C++ ranked-choice web poll software. Supports single-winner instant runoff and multi-winner proportional ranked-choice voting.
- RCVis Python software for visualizing ranked-choice election results with animated charts.
- Rankedchoices.com Free, open-source ranked-choice voting web service.
- RCV Universal Tabulator By Jon Moldover, Louis Eisenberg, and Hylton Edingfield — designed for use in real public elections.
- Ranked.vote By Paul Butler — graphically displays results of real-world elections counted by various methods.
- Meek STV tabulator By David Cary — a JavaScript tabulator for the Meek single transferable vote counting method.
- ChoicePlus By Voting Solutions — designed for real public elections, used in Cambridge, MA and elsewhere.
Commercial ranked-choice services
- Rankedvote.co Online ranked-choice voting service.
- OpaVote By Jeff O’Neill — online service that tallies according to several rule variations. Small polls can be run for free.
- ElectionBuddy Commercial online voting service with ranked-choice support.
Other voting methods
These methods, sometimes rivals of ranked-choice voting, interpret a voter’s intentions differently — assuming voters are more willing to compromise on less-preferred candidates.
- CIVS Online ranked ballots counted using the Condorcet (pairwise) method, which seeks a candidate who would beat all others in head-to-head contests.
- Bettervoting.com Online polls using approval and score voting methods.
Democracy without voting
- Direct Representation Explores the idea of choosing your legislator on your own schedule, much as you might choose a doctor or a dentist.