Fairvote had this really interesting article on Ranked Voting on school campuses authored by Author Benjamin Oestericher:

As the movement for ranked choice voting (RCV) continues to grow, college campuses have become trailblazers for electoral reform. From incubating protest movements to registering their fellow students to vote, democracy has become a central focus of young students who want all of their voices to be heard in America’s increasingly dysfunctional political system. Within their own elections, RCV has spread as a method to improve student government elections by empowering students to express the full scope of their preferences in the election process. 

Georgia State University’s Student Government Association (SGA) joined this movement, voting unanimously on February 18 to adopt RCV for all future student elections beginning next fall. Georgia State’s SGA is among the largest structures of student government in the United States, representing more than 50,000 students across six different campuses who make up the largest university in Georgia and one of the most diverse in the country. With its passage of ranked choice voting, Georgia State University becomes the 90th school on a growing list that has adopted the reform for their student body elections and is the first school to do so in the state of Georgia. Overall, the colleges and universities that use RCV now compose more than 1.6 million students in 30 states.

The work of implementing this reform would not have been possible without the leadership of Georgia State University’s student body president Kaelen E. Thomas. Born and raised in Georgia, Thomas, Georgia State’s 91st University-Wide President, has had to navigate a challenging year at the helm of student government, balancing the COVID-19 pandemic and the switch to virtual meetings and engagement. Yet, Thomas, who is studying Political Science and Public Policy, was determined to leave a legacy of electoral reform that would improve Georgia State’s election system for all of the students to come. “With this change, our students can be confident in knowing that their elected representatives have broad support within our campus community and truly represent their interests,” Thomas said. 

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