Endorsements
Community Endorsements of Ranked Choice Voting
We need the strength local organizations and community leaders to make positive change in Kansas City. If your group can join our coalition calling for better elections in Kansas City and beyond, let us know by emailing us at info@betterballotkc.org or calling Rachel at (816) 753-2057.
Libertarian Party
of Kansas City
Reclaim Democracy, Kansas City
Statewide Endorsements of Ranked Choice Voting
- The Missouri Green Party - https://www.missourigreenparty.org/
- Jake Zimmerman, former Missouri State Representative, District 83
- The Libertarian Party of Missouri - http://www.lpmo.org/
- Missourians for Ranked Choice Voting
National Supporters of Ranked Choice Voting
(from Fairvote)
Current and Former Federal Officeholders
Statewide Officeholders
Former Gov. Howard Dean (VT)
State Legislative and Local Officeholders
League of Women Voters State and Local Groups
Arizona
California
Florida
Maine
Massachusetts
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Montgomery County (MD)
North Carolina
Oakland
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
Tacoma-Pierce County (WA)
Vermont
Washington
Political Parties & Clubs
Alameda County (CA) Democratic Party
Alaska Republican Party
California Democratic Party
Colorado Democratic Party
Green Party
Libertarian Party
Maine Democratic Party
Massachusetts Democratic Party
Minneapolis, MN DFL Party
Progressive Democrats of America
Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles
San Francisco (CA) Democratic Party
State and Local Campaign Endorsements
Individual Endorsements
Kathleen Barber, Professor Emerita, John Carroll University and former chair, Cuyahoga County Charter Commission
Harriet S. Barlow, Director, HKH Foundation
Ted Becker, Alumni Professor of Political Science, Auburn University
Medea Benjamin, Founding Director, Global Exchange
Jim Blacksher, Civil Rights Attorney, Alabama
Bart Bouricius [Read his testimony to the Connecticut House of Representatives]
Ken Bresler, columnist and former Massachusetts state legislative candidate
John C. Brittain, Dean, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University*
Dennis Burke, Writer and former executive director, Arizona Common Cause
Peter Camejo, 2004 Green Party candidate for VP, California Green Party gubernatorial candidate [Read Camejo's statement in support of IRV]
Dan Cantor, Executive Director, Working Families Party*
Steve Cheifetz, Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust*
David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Presidential nominee [Read about Cobb's support of IRV]
Steve Cobble, Former Political Director, National Rainbow Coalition
Jeff Cohen, Author and Media Critic
Richard DeLeon, Department of Political Science, San Francisco State University*
Derek Cressman, Democracy Program Director, National Association of State PIRGs
Ron Daniels, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights
Lisa Disch, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Ronnie Dugger, Founder and First Co-Chair, Alliance for Democracy
David Eliscu, Western Connecticut Green Party
Dave Enrich, Citizens for True Democracy
Ralph Estes, Center for Advancement of Public Policy
Frances Fox-Piven, Graduate Center, City University of New York*
John Gibson, Common Bonds*
John Glasel, Past President, American Federation of Musicians’ Local 802 (NYC)*
Ted Glick, Independent Progressive Politics Network
Bill Gram-Reefer, Worldview
Dr. William Grover, Chair, Political Science Department at St. Michael's College
Lani Guinier, Professor, Harvard Law School
Doris “Granny D” Haddock
Dan Hamburg, Former U.S. Congressman and Executive Director, Voice of the Environment*
Thom Hartmann, Host of the nationally syndicated radio show "The Thom Hartmann Program" [Read an excerpt about IRV from Thom Hartmann's book]
Howie Hawkins, Green Party, Syracuse, New York
Ronald Hayduk, Assistant Professor, City University of New York
Hendrik Hertzberg, senior editor, The New Yorker
Jim Hoaglund, VoterMarch*
Gerald Horne, Attorney, Author and Activist
Evelyn Jerome, past president, Los Angeles County Young Democrats
Neal Jesse, Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University*
Mark P. Jones, Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Sheila Jordan, Alameda County Superintendent of Schools, Hayward, California
David Kairys, Professor of Law, Temple University*
David Dyssegaard Kallick, Former Social Policy editor
Randy Kehler, Alliance for Democracy*
Alex Keyssar, Professor of History, Duke University*
Jerry Arthur Knight, Judge Hubert L. Will Chapter, American Veterans Committee
David C. Korten, Author of When Corporations Rule the World
Saul Landau, Institute for Policy Studies*
Kay Lawson, Professor Emeritus, San Francisco State University
David Lawrence, Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
Daniel Lazare, Journalist and Author of The Frozen Republic (1996)
Michael Lewyn, Professor, John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, Georgia
Arend Lijphart, Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of California, San Diego*
Phillip Macklin, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Miami University* / Chair, Governance Committee of Oxford, Ohio League of Women Voters*
Robert McKay, San Francisco
Kevin McKeown, City Councilmember, Santa Monica, California
Michael Morrill, Pennsylvania Consumer Action Network
Dr. Ted Mosch, University of Tennessee-Martin
Jon Moscow, Co-Director, Amber Charter School, New York City
Steven Mulroy, University of Memphis Law School
Phil Tajitsu Nash, Asian American Studies Program, University of Maryland*
Wayne Peak, Political Scientist, Colorado State University
William Peltz, Capital District Labor-Religion Coalition, Albany, New York*
Joseph G. Peschek, Political Science, Hamline University
George Pillsbury, Bostonvote*
Lewis Pitts, Director, Advocates for Children's Services, Legal Services of North Carolina*
John Rapp, Professor of Political Science, Beloit College*
Jamin Raskin, Professor of Constitutional Law, American University*
Scott Rasmussen, Independent Public Opinion Analyst
Willie Ratcliff, Publisher, San Francisco Bay View newspaper
Juan C. Ros, Executive Director, Libertarian Party of California
John Rensenbrink, Founder Maine Green Independent Party; Author: Against All Odds: the Green Transformation of American Politics (Leopold Press, 1999)
Richard Rider, President, Economy Telcom*
Joel Rogers, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Mark E. Rush, Associate Professor of Politics, Washington and Lee University
Paul Ryder, Ohio Citizen Action*
Donald Shaffer, Member and Board of Directors, NYCLU*; Co-Chair, New Politics Club of Long Island*
Matthew Singer, Montana YMCA Youth and Government Youth Governor 2000-2001
James R. Simmons, Chair, Political Science Department, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh*
Bill Smaldone, City Councilor, Salem, Oregon
Sam Smith, Editor, The Progressive Review
Ed Snyder, Friends Committee on National Legislation Executive Secretary Emeritus [Read a letter about IRV by Snyder to Maine legislators (.rtf 5.29kB)]
Tony Solgard, Chair, FairVote Minnesota
Bill Spelman, Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas; and former member, Austin City Council
Aaron Starr, Chairman, Libertarian Party of California
Jean Stein, editor, Grand Street Magazine*
David Stern, Stern Family Fund
Edward Still, Voting and Elections Attorney, Washington, DC
Rein Taagepera, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of California, Irvine
Nicolaus Tideman, Professor of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University*
Michael Twombly, Executive Director, Northwest Democracy Institute
Father Benjamin J. Urmston, S.J., Director Peace and Justice Programs, Xavier University
Dr. Gerald R. Webster, Professor of Geography, University of Alabama*
Leonard Williams, Department of History and Political Science, Manchester College
Robert Winters, Harvard University Department of Mathematics*
David Zavon, political fairness activist, Cinncinnati
Joseph Zimmerman, Professor of Political Science, State University of New York at Albany
Representative David Zuckerman, Vermont State House