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The first Republican Presidential debate tonight. Vote your preferences.

By / Democracy, Protecting Democracy, ranked choice voting, Small Business Advocacy Blog /

August 23, 2023 If you watch it, take our Republican Presidential poll and weigh in on your preferred candidates. The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce and Better Ballot SC launched a rolling, monthly Presidential Primary poll this month using instant runoff voting (ranked choice voting). We will be announcing the results for this monthly […]

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American democracy is cracking. These forces help explain why.

By / Media, Protecting Democracy /

The Washington Post August 18, 2023 Behind the sense that the political system is broken lies a collision between forces both old and new By Dan Balz and Clara Ence Morse In a country where the search for common ground is increasingly elusive, many Americans can agree on this: They believe the political system is broken

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Haley consensus majority winner in rolling RCV Presidential Primary Poll, as of August 8, 2023

By / Politics, Press, Small Business Advocacy Blog /

For Immediate Release August 8, 2023 Columbia, SC—Forget the political pundits.  Who do most South Carolinians prefer for President? On August 1, the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce and Better Ballot SC launched a rolling, monthly Presidential Primary poll using instant runoff voting (ranked choice voting). Under this growing-in-popularity election system, candidates must win

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SC Presidential Primary poll shows how instant runoff voting (ranked choice voting) works Try it! You’ll like it!

By / Politics, Protecting Democracy, Small Business Advocacy Blog /

July 31, 2023 Here’s your chance to use ranked choice voting (instant runoff voting) in a Presidential candidates poll. Better Ballot SC and the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce have launched a monthly, unscientific poll for both the Republican and Democratic primary. The poll lets you rank candidates in each party’s primary according to

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Monthly Presidential Primary Poll Launched. Public to learn about instant runoff voting (ranked choice voting)

By / Press, Protecting Democracy /

For Immediate Release July 31, 2023 Contact: Nicole Sanchez, 803-881-6027 Frank Knapp, 803-600-6874 Clint Eisenhauer, 843-822-1194 A coalition of South Carolina organizations led by Better Ballot SC has launched an instant runoff voting poll (also known as ranked choice voting) for both Republican and Democratic Presidential Primaries. The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce

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One state legislature moves to democratize elections. South Carolina can do the same with municipal elections

By / Press, Small Business /

Press Release June 26, 2023 Columbia, SC—Democratizing elections is on the agenda in Oregon.  Yesterday was the first time a state legislature has passed a bill that will give voters the chance to require both primary and general elections for state and federal offices to use ranked choice voting (RCV).  Maine and Alaska use RCV

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ACTION ALERT!! Need signatures by this Friday

By / Small Business Advocacy Blog /

June 21, 2023 Fed up with Congress failing to address worker shortage crisis? There is a short-term fix Give states the control over immigration visas   Urgent action is needed to address workforce shortages affecting businesses of all sizes and sectors across our nation. Add your name to this letter of employers urging the Biden

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Has ranked choice voting been successful in municipal elections?

By / Small Business Advocacy Blog /

May 30, 2023 Utah County, first in that state to use RCV, has answers  ASBN’s Business for Democracy June 7th, 3PM ET, Webinar  Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdOuprjkrGNwEkbrD1qeJfJyfq61HSEdV American Sustainable Business Network’s Business for Democracy webinars have covered numerous issues on ranked choice voting including its use in Congressional elections. We have made the business case for ranked

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Ranked Choice Voting is good for women candidates

By / Small Business Advocacy Blog /

May 21, 2023 Women remain underrepresented at every level of government – making up less than a third of elected officials in the United States. On Thursday May 25 at 2:00 pm ET, please join FairVote for a special webinar to discuss how Women Win with Ranked Choice Voting, featuring: Johana Bencomo, Las Cruces (NM) City Councilor

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