FairVote Illinois

https://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000010747142/best-picture-oscars-academy-awards-ballot-preferential.html?smid=url-share Did you know that the #Oscars use #RankedChoiceVoting to determine Best Picture? Share this simple explainer video with your friends, and let them know that we could be using this for political elections to give voters more choices and more power!

Great happy hour last night in Oak Park! We wrote letters to our electeds in support of State Sens. Laura Murphy's, Robert Peters', and David Koehler's SB2004, the #RankedChoiceVoting "local option" bill for Illinois! Contact your Sens. at tinyurl.com/RCV4Illinois ! Did you know? Oak Park, Illinois passed an #RCV referendum w/ 79% voting yes in Nov 2024? SB2004 is needed to quickly and smoothly implement the referendum in time for Oak Park's next municipal elections!

https://youtube.com/shorts/734CCqcdQsU?feature=share WE NEED RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN ILLINOIS! FairVote Illinois was founded in 2020 to bring together grassroots people power and elected officials at all levels of government in order to upgrade democracy by giving voters more choices and more power with RCV. Join us and consider starting a local chapter in your community at FairVoteIllinois.org or click the link in bio! #RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Democracy #Illinois #Politics #USPolitics #localpolitics #volunteer

tinyURL.com/RCV4Illinois 👈👈👈 (or click the link in bio!)

Contact your state Senator now to support critical pro-democracy innovation in Illinois with SB2004 and #RankedChoiceVoting! SB2004 is a crucial step to the progress of pro-democracy innovation with ranked choice voting!

SB2004 would explicitly allow local municipalities to implement the system and provide needed clarity for local clerks on best practices for implementation.

#RankedChoiceVoting #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics #Politics

Great meeting about SB2004 with State Senator Laura Ellman of the 21st State Senate District (which covers much of Naperville, Lisle, Butterfield, Glen Ellyn, and Lombard)! Lots of positive energy around local RCV in our State Senate! We are working hard to add co-sponsors to SB2004 so that local IL municipalities can implement RCV referendums if they choose to do so! #RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Democracy #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics

https://youtube.com/shorts/uLFH7bGxbjI?si=Kw76M_5gI6-MFrVf fairvoteillinois.org/events (or click the 🔗 in bio!) 👈👈👈 RSVP to meet us in Oak Park on Friday, February 27 from 6-9pm at One Lake Brewing in Oak Park, Illinois! #RankedChoiceVoting #MIDTERMS2026 #RCV #election2026 #ElectionDay #Vote #VoteForChange

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We hope that Governor JB Pritzker will come out in support of #RankedChoiceVoting soon!

#RCV #Democracy #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics #JBPritzker

3 cities have passed RCV in IL, but implementation is stalled by legal uncertainty. In the meantime, State Senator Laura Murphy has introduced SB2004, legislation that would provide clarity to clerks in cities seeking to try out RCV for their local elections. Visit the link in bio to contact your state senator urging them to support SB2004 so that Illinois municipalities can implement RCV!

Full article: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-02-16/ranked-choice-voting-stalled-in-illinois-waiting-for-clarity-from-the-courts

#RCV #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics #LocalGovernment #Democracy

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tinyURL.com/NoRCVBan 👈👈👈 Tell your reps to REJECT a federal RCV BAN!

#RankedChoiceVoting #RCV #Democracy #MEGA #MEGAAct #NoRCVBan #RCVBan

tinyurl.com/NoRCVBan 👈👈👈 Tell Congress to REJECT a FEDERAL RCV BAN!

As RCV is beginning to see exponential success across the country, House Republicans in the US Congress have introduced the MEGA Act, which includes a provision that would ban RCV in all federal elections. This would be a huge setback for pro-democracy innovation across the US, and it would limit voter choice and power for all Americans, regardless of party affiliation.

#RankedChoiceVoting #RCVBan #RankedChoiceVotingBan

RepresentWomen hosted an excellent RCV Day webinar last month. In it, they explored data showing that #RankedChoiceVoting significantly boosts women's and gender‑diverse people's representation in government. Check out the recording here!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSyYxhM730I

#Women #Diversity #Voting #democracy

https://youtu.be/8L5HA2B60qU

DEEP DIVE: Primary Elections

In this new video, I take a deep dive into primary elections. What they are, how they work, and why they need ranked choice voting. Follow for more democracy reform content!

#RankedChoiceVoting #Democracy #USPolitics #Politics #Illinois

Say it with me: Multi-party democracy would be better for America. #RankedChoiceVoting fairvoteillinois.org

That wraps a busy week of HAPPY HOURS for ranked choice voting! Bringing people together in the spirit of democracy and community is the greatest part of this work. STAY TUNED for more happy hours!

#RankedChoiceVoting #Chicago #RCV #Illinois #Politics #ChicagoPolitics

HAPPY HOUR last night in Oak Park! We're ready for better elections with #RankedChoiceVoting in Illinois! Oak Parkers passed a ranked choice voting referendum in 2024 with 79% support. Lots of love for democracy here! #RCV #Illinois #Democracy #OakPark #OakParkIllinois #chicagolandarea

https://youtube.com/shorts/8AUquxosjIA

Happy Hour tonight for #RankedChoiceVoting in Oak Park, Illinois!

Did you know?: Our #RCV referendum in OP passed with 79% support in November 2024!

#Democracy #Grassroots #Illinois #OakParkIL #OakPark #Chicagoland

Reminder: We have 3 happy hours this week (including tn!):
North Chi Happy Hour - 1/27, 4-7pm, at Burke’s Public House in Chicago
Oak Park Happy Hour - 1/28, 5-8pm, at Tre Sorelle Ristorante in Oak Park
NW Chi Happy Hour - 1/29, 6:30-8:30pm, at Noon O Kabab in Chicago

Come hang out and have some drinks with democracy reform activists! #RankedChoiceVoting #Chicago

More information at FairVoteIllinois.org/events

Happy RCV Day (1/23)!

Ranked choice voting is a simple upgrade to the way we vote that gives voters more choices and more power at the ballot box. By allowing voters to rank their candidates in order of preference, RCV mitigates the so-called "spoiler effect" and allows voters to vote for their true preferences without fear of "wasting" their vote.

Learn more and join the movement to bring RCV to Illinois at https://www.fairvoteillinois.org !

#RCV #Democracy #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics #Politics

https://youtube.com/shorts/sv9jVsnoBXw

With #RankedChoiceVoting, candidates for political office are incentivized to collaborate across campaigns.

When politicians compete for voters' second/third choice votes, they're much more civil with each other, lowering the temp of our politics.

#Politics

WE NEED RANKED CHOICE VOTING ELECTIONS
WE NEED RANKED CHOICE VOTING ELECTIONS
WE NEED RANKED CHOICE VOTING ELECTIONS
WE NEED RANKED CHOICE VOTING ELECTIONS
WE NEED RANKED CHOICE VOTING ELECTIONS
WE NEED RANKED CHOICE VOTING ELECTIONS
WE NEED RANKED CHOICE VOTING ELECTIONS

RepresentWomen is hosting an RCV Day webinar this Thursday, 1/23! Come learn from coalition leaders around the nation.

Registration and more info here: https://www.representwomen.org/ranked_choice_voting_day_2026

P.S. We'll be there!

https://youtube.com/shorts/GwEuI8FrKhM?feature=share

Why do we focus so much on #RankedChoiceVoting?

RCV is one innovative solution among many that upgrade our democracy for the twenty-first century. We focus on it because we believe it's the first step to fixing politics.

#Illinois #Politics #Democracy #RCV #Reform