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Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center

Join the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center for our monthly podcast, where we cover ranked choice voting election administration topics ranging from drafting legislation to election certification. We'll have brief interviews with team members of the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center, election administrators who have run RCV elections, and more, to tell us about the resources available through the RCVRC and best practices learned from running RCV elections.

65 - Meet Lexey Mikolon, RCVRC's Spring Intern!
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  • 65 - Meet Lexey Mikolon, RCVRC's Spring Intern!

    In this episode, Chris sits down with Ryan Kirby, RCVRC's Director of Policy, and our Spring Intern Lexey Mikolon. The team discusses RCVRC's internship program, Lexey's research project, and more!

    Thu, 28 Mar 2024 - 18min
  • 64 - Celebrating the Country's First RCV Risk-Limiting Audit with Stephanie Gnoza

    This month, we're joined by Stephanie Gnoza, Boulder County's Elections Director, to discuss the first ever risk-limiting audit of a ranked choice voting election! Stephanie breaks down what a risk-limiting audit is, and the steps that Boulder took to pull off this landmark achievement in election security. Resources mentioned in this episode: - 2023 Election Results Page: https://bouldercounty.gov/elections/results/ - RCV RLA Tool Github Repository: https://github.com/BoulderCounty/rcv-rla/ - Post-Election Press Release: https://bouldercounty.gov/news/official-results-for-2023-coordinated-election-posted-following-successful-risk-limiting-audit/ - Canvass + RLA Report: https://assets.bouldercounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023C-Canvass-Documents.pdf - Podcast listener survey: https://form-usa.keela.co/rcv-clips-podcast-listener-survey-2023

    Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - 39min
  • 63 - An Election Assistance Commission Deepdive with Tom Hicks

    This month, Kelly is joined by Tom Hicks, Commissioner of the Election Assistance Commission. They discuss the role of the EAC, the future of ranked choice voting, the state of U.S. elections in general, and more! Resources mentioned in this episode: - EAC: https://www.eac.gov/ - VVSG: https://www.eac.gov/voting-equipment/voluntary-voting-system-guidelines - The EAC and election security video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwxlTbm4lpo

    Thu, 25 Jan 2024 - 28min
  • 62 - What We Learned About RCV in 2023

    This month, Kelly talks to Chris about the state of RCV and the 2023 elections. They discuss risk limiting audits, future implementations, and RCV elections from New York City to Boulder, Colorado! Resources mentioned in this episode: - Georgism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism - Boulder risk-limiting audit information: https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/auditCenter.html - Ballotpedia RCV hub: https://ballotpedia.org/Ranked-choice_voting_(RCV)

    Thu, 21 Dec 2023 - 40min
  • 61 - RCV Maps 2023 is here!

    This month, Chris returns to the podcast to chat with Kelly about the release of RCV Maps 2023, the newest update to our flagship research project. Resources mentioned in this episode: - RCV Maps 2023: https://www.rcvresources.org/state-assessments - RCVRC reports: https://www.rcvresources.org/reports - Risk-limiting audits explained: https://verifiedvoting.org/audits/whatisrla/

    Tue, 21 Nov 2023 - 36min
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