DC is preparing for a June 16 primary election under a new ranked choice voting system. Initiative 83 passed in November 2024, enabling open primaries and ranked choice voting, but funding decisions mean voters must still be registered with a party to participate in next month’s elections. Ranked choice voting requires voters to rank candidates by preference rather than selecting only one. On the ballot, each candidate has a row and each ranking number has a column; voters fill the bubble matching the candidate’s desired rank, with first as the top choice and fifth as the last ranked choice. Voters can rank write-in candidates by entering their names and selecting a ranking number. Voters can rank as many candidates as they like, and there are no downsides to ranking more candidates.
"The essence of ranked choice voting is in the name: you rank your top choices. In races with up to five candidates, every candidate can be ranked. If there are more than five candidates, voters can rank their top five choices. On the ballot, there will be a row for each candidate and a column for each number. Fill in the bubble for the ranking you'd like to give a candidate in their row, with first being your top choice and fifth being the last candidate you'd like to rank. To rank a write-in candidate, write the candidate's name in the "write-in" line and then fill in whichever column you'd like to rank them in."
"A common misconception is that voters should only rank their top candidates, or that you have to rank every single candidate. You can vote for just one. "I would like to remind voters that they can rank as many candidates as they like, and there are no downsides to ranking more candidates," says Deb Otis, senior director of research and policy at , a nonpartisan organization that a"
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