The latest news on this front comes from a really interesting article from the local FOX13 Salt Lake City written by BEN WINSLOW:

With a Monday deadline, it appears only two cities in Utah have signed up to participate in the ranked choice voting experiment. The Lt. Governor’s Office said the Utah County communities of Vineyard and Payson have agreed to give it a try. West Jordan, Cottonwood Heights and Lehi have all dropped out.

The Utah State Legislature this year extended the deadline for communities to sign up to April 15. Earlier this week, Kaysville’s City Council held a special meeting to consider whether to opt-in to the experiment. Public comment was largely in favor of it, but council members had concerns.

See the full story here. Ranked choice voting fever continues to spread as more states and localities consider the system following the lead of Maine, the first state to use the voting system. Republican legislators are introducing many ranked voting bills, showing that the partisan battle seen in Maine may not be repeated nationally. A change to ranked voting and away from the universally used plurality voting system is beginning to be seen by many in both parties as a potential gamechanger.

Other states and localities that have recently seen legislation proposed to make the switch to ranked choice voting include Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and the city of Baltimore. Click those four links for the latest related Democracy Chronicles coverage!