D.C. has adopted ranked choice voting, letting voters rank candidates in order of preference instead of picking just one. Here's how the new system works — starting with the June 16 primary.

Follow WTOP’s team coverage of the D.C. primary and Election 2026 online, on air at 103.5 FM or on the WTOP News app. D.C.’s June primary election may be the District’s most consequential in decades.

The District's first election with ranked choice voting (RCV) is in the books and several contests don't yet have a projected winner. In races with three or more candidates, voters could rank up to ...

The 2026 primary election in Washington, D.C., is the first time the District will use ranked choice voting to decide the outcome. The transition from traditional "first-past-the-post" voting to ...

Ahead of DC’s primary election on June 16, candidates and grassroots organizations are rushing to educate voters on DC’s new ranked choice voting system. The essence of ranked choice voting is in the ...

An ‘I voted in Arlington’ sticker (staff photo by James Jarvis) Arlington voters next year will be able to select up to 10 candidates in ranked-choice elections, more than triple the number currently ...

Supporters say ranked-choice voting cuts costs and boosts diversity, while critics argue it complicates the process, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Morning Report team is on the ballot…in Katie's mock ranked-choice election.

After 10 days of preparations and waiting, we now know the Maine's 2026 Democratic and Republican nominees for governor, and the Democratic nominee for the 2nd Congressional District. At around 1:30 a ...

Nine candidates for governor debate at an Augusta event hosted by the Maine Primary Care Association on March 18. Credit: Benjamin Kail / BDN Our political journalists are based in the Maine State ...

The City Council punted a plan to ask voters to allow ranked choice voting until 2028, citing concerns about the cost of ...