Ranked Choice Voting

LWVUV has endorsed Ballot Measure 117, Establish ranked choice voting for federal and state offices.

Our League encourages a YES vote on M117!

First, check your voter registration to make sure you will receive a ballot when they are mailed out. Then vote Yes on M117.

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Oregon Ranked Choice Voting Came to Roseburg!

Thank you to Sol Mora and Tajahnae Stocker from Oregon RCV who presented in-person on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the Roseburg Public Library.

We learned a lot about RCV and had the opportunity to ask questions. More will be coming out on this subject. So stay tuned!

RCV will be on the statewide November ballot.

For a visual explanation of RCV, visit our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3

Voters order the candidates by their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc., choices of candidates for a given race. The 1st choice ballots are counted. If any one candidate wins more than 50% of the vote in the first round, the election is over, and the winner announced. 

If none of the candidates have more than 50% of the vote, the candidate with the lowest percentage of votes in round 1 is removed and the 2nd choice votes for their voters go to the remaining candidates. 

If there is still no candidate with 50% of the votes, that process is repeated: the candidate with the lowest percentage of votes is removed and their votes are moved to their voters’ 3rd choice candidates. 

As soon as there is a candidate with at least 50% of the vote, the counting stops. That will always happen by the time the field is reduced to 2 candidates.