RCV Clips Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center

RCV Clips will be back with new episodes in September -- thanks for listening! In the final installment of the show before we take our summer hiatus, the team celebrates 7 years of RCV Clips and discusses their favorite episodes.

Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Listener survey: https://form-usa.keela.co/rcv-clips-podcast-listener-survey-2024
- March 2023: Protect the Win: https://www.rcvresources.org/rcv-clips-podcast/march-2023-protect-the-win-an-advocates-guide-to-implementing-rcv
- May 2022: Alaska's Extra-Special Special Election: https://www.rcvresources.org/rcv-clips-podcast/may-2022-alaskas-extra-special-special-election
- October 2020: The Massachusetts Campaign for Ranked Choice Voting, Part 1: https://www.rcvresources.org/rcv-clips-podcast/october-2020-the-massachusetts-campaign-for-ranked-choice-voting-part-1
- December 2020: The Massachusetts Campaign for Ranked Choice Voting, Part 2: https://www.rcvresources.org/rcv-clips-podcast/december-2020-the-massachusetts-campaign-for-ranked-choice-voting-part-2
- December 2021: The Massachusetts Campaign for Ranked Choice Voting, Part 3: https://www.rcvresources.org/rcv-clips-podcast/december-2021-the-massachusetts-campaign-for-ranked-choice-voting-part-3
- January 2020: The Great Middle School Election of 2019: https://www.rcvresources.org/rcv-clips-podcast/january-2020-the-great-middle-school-election-of-2019
- December 2023: What We Learned About RCV in 2023: https://www.rcvresources.org/rcv-clips-podcast/december-2023-what-we-learned-about-rcv-in-2023
- Post-Election Audits and Ranked-Choice Voting: https://www.rcvresources.org/blog-post/post-election-audits-and-ranked-choice-voting

In this episode, Kelly chats with Chris and Ryan of our policy department about the release of RCV Maps 2024, our flagship research project.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- RCV Maps: https://www.rcvresources.org/state-assessments
- RCV Maps fact sheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NMlhr5KlzcixTw44eR7CBtDl383Zq8vu/view

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!

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

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

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)