RCV Clips
Join the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center for our monthly podcast, where we cover ranked choice voting election administration topics ranging from drafting legislation to election certification. We'll have brief interviews with team members of the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center, election administrators who have run RCV elections, and more, to tell us about the resources available through the RCVRC and best practices learned from running RCV elections.
Episodes
May 30, 2024 • 34 mins
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...
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April 25, 2024 • 32 mins
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
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March 28, 2024 • 18 mins
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!
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February 29, 2024 • 39 mins
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 To...
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January 25, 2024 • 28 mins
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=Wwxl...
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December 21, 2023 • 40 mins
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.or...
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November 21, 2023 • 36 mins
This month, Chris returns to the podcast to chat with Kelly about the release of RCV Maps 2023, the newest update to our flagship research project.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- RCV Maps 2023: https://www.rcvresources.org/state-assessments
- RCVRC reports: https://www.rcvresources.org/reports
- Risk-limiting audits explained: https://verifiedvoting.org/audits/whatisrla/
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October 31, 2023 • 21 mins
This month, Kelly interviews David Green, National Organizing Director for Rank the Vote. Kelly and David discuss grassroots organizing, collaboration in the RCV movement, karaoke songs, and more!
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Rank the Vote: https://rankthevote.us/
Netroots: https://www.netrootsnation.org/
Better Ballot Iowa: https://www.betterballotiowa.org/
CGPGrey video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI
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October 6, 2023 • 21 mins
In this episode, Kelly sits down with Tiffany Montemayor, RCVRC's Senior Director of Programming and Outreach and newest team member! Kelly and Tiffany discuss Tiffany's work with the State of Alaska Division of Elections, how she came to her new role at RCVRC, their trip to the American Democracy Summit, and more.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- American Democracy Summit: https://americandemocracysummit.org/
- RCV Clips M...
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September 1, 2023 • 26 mins
This month, we're talking about all things RCTab! In this episode, RCTab developer Armin Samii and RCVRC's new RCTab Program Director Mathew Ruberg discuss the basics of RCTab, our in-house RCV tabulation software, and what we can expect from the software moving forward. Tune in to learn more!
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- RCTab: https://www.rcvresources.org/rctab
- RCTab Fact Sheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BATh3...
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July 26, 2023 • 28 mins
RCVRC's summer travel season is in full swing. In this episode, Chris and Kelly recap what conferences RCVRC has attended so far, where RCVRC plans to visit over the coming months, and why travel is such an important part of our values and strategic plan.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Election Verification Network (EVN) - March 2023: https://electionverification.org/resources-events/
- Association of Fundraising Professio...
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June 29, 2023 • 21 mins
Last year, RCVRC was excited to launch our first-ever internship program. Ryan Kirby, our Public Policy Specialist, took the lead on building what has turned out to be a tremendous resource and capacity builder for our staff. In today’s episode, tune in to learn about our new summer interns and their journey to RCVRC.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) - College of Arts & S...
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May 25, 2023 • 33 mins
In today’s episode, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows discusses protecting the win in Maine (ME), handling continuing education of elections and ranked choice voting (RCV), fighting against efforts to repeal RCV in ME, and looking ahead to RCV in 2024. Tune in to learn more!
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Resources for RCV page - Maine SOS: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/rcv.html
- A Timeline of RCV in M...
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April 27, 2023 • 29 mins
In today’s episode, Sam McGinty, an RCV advocate from Vermont, discusses VPIRG, his work in Vermont, and frequently asked questions in legislative sessions. Tune in to learn more!
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG): https://www.vpirg.org/
- Ben & Jerry’s RCV Practice Election - Better Ballot VT (VPIRG project): https://www.betterballotvermont.org/ben-jerrys-practice-election
- VT ...
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March 30, 2023 • 16 mins
In today’s episode, Anh-Linh Kearney, Research Analyst at RepresentUs, discusses the Protect the Win: An Advocate's Guide to Implementing RCV report that RCVRC recently co-published with RepresentUs and Democracy Rising. Tune in to learn more!
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Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Protect the Win report: http://www...
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February 23, 2023 • 34 mins
In today’s episode, Grace Ramsey, Co-Director of Democracy Rising, and Juli Lucky, Executive Director of Alaskans for Better Elections, discuss the importance of RCV voter and candidate education, the value of building a coalition of education partners, and key concepts to consider when educating voters. Tune in to learn more!
Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UnpazwPAKUbsl5uLW4_5t34Y28vkHdYK/view
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January 26, 2023 • 35 mins
In today's episode, Tad Milbourn discusses RankedVote, his online ranked choice voting (RCV) platform for running contests, making decisions with the broadest support, and educating voters. Tune in to learn more!
Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KvHcdAM4_7LWKz3VPK5oVGbd7Y0am1Zv/view
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Resources m...
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December 20, 2022 • 25 mins
In today’s episode, RCVRC team members Ryan Kirby and Chris Hughes discuss lessons learned from ranked choice voting (RCV) implementations this year!
Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PkgSlMKUS1dHczPClHu9Uwtaf-loPihA/view?usp=sharing
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- RCV Results Reporting Best Practices - RCVRC: https://www.rcvresources.org/blog-post/best-practices-for-releasing-rcv-election-results
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November 30, 2022 • 29 mins
In today’s episode, RCVRC team members Rene Rojas and Chris Hughes discuss first-time ranked choice voting (RCV) implementations this year. Tune in to learn more!
Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I6ux3Yxqc91nyVwRKIIiVt_8o3k_8YKi/view?usp=sharing
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- RCV Results Reporting Best Practices - RCVRC: https://www.rcvresources.org/blog-post/reporting-the-results-of-ranked-choice-vot...
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October 27, 2022 • 27 mins
In today’s episode, Armin Samii, the creator of RCVis, the ranked choice voting (RCV) visualizer tool, and Chris Hughes, our Director of Policy, discuss results reporting.
Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oYzNYWI_J28sj_nKAQcJE9geMrjrNHgT/view?usp=sharing
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- RCVis: https://www.rcvis.com/ - RCV visualizations: interactive charts, graphs, tables, and Wikipedia exports for disp...
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