A new article by David Daley at Salon shows how ranked-choice voting can work anywhere. A sneak peak at the story:

When the U.S. attorney perp-walked Jasiel Correia II last October, after delivering an indictment alleging that the young mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, had defrauded investors in his software company and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury cars, adult entertainment and paying down his student loans, his political career seemed doomed.

Sure enough, the city council quickly demanded Correia’s resignation and declared “no confidence” in his leadership. Last Tuesday, 61 percent of Fall River voters agreed, and ousted the 27-year-old mayor in an election that combined a recall vote with a new mayoral race.

But even while Correia lost the first vote, he won the second. That’s right: Correia was recalled and then re-elected on the same day, barely outpacing a five-candidate field.

Read full article here.