The dispute over ranked choice voting reflects a broader rift in the DNC between state party officials and the D.C. establishment.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officials with the Maine Secretary of State's Office prepare ballots for ranked-choice tabulations for three primary elections in ...

Ranked choice voting will be used in D.C. for the first time during this primary in eligible races with three or more candidates. In ranked choice voting, voters rank candidates in their order of ...

The 2026 primary election in Washington, D.C., is the first time the District will use ranked choice voting to decide the outcome. The transition from traditional "first-past-the-post" voting to ...

Follow WTOP’s team coverage of the D.C. primary and Election 2026 online, on air at 103.5 FM or on the WTOP News app. D.C.’s June primary election may be the District’s most consequential in decades.

The election pamphlet explains ranked choice voting and how to fill in the ballot. However, some people think they have to rank all the candidates, which is not true. Only vote for — or rank — the ...