Polls opened at 11:00 am MT on Saturday, June 6th, as voters of all ages lined up to cast their vote in this year's Rank the Rainbow election at Longmont Pride. At 04:00 PM MT, polls closed for tabulation. In the Rank the Rainbow Election (single-winner version), Purple won in Round 5 with 76 votes, needing 67 to cross 50%. Meanwhile, in the Rank the Rainbow Election (multi-winner version, 3 winners), Purple won, along with Green and Blue. Despite robust early turnout for vot

Longmont City Council is holding a study session on Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) on March 3rd. This meeting is the first time Council will formally discuss RCV in Longmont!

Mark your calendars! Longmont City Council will be holding its ranked choice voting (RCV) study session on Tuesday, March 3rd at 7:00 PM at the Longmont Civic Center. At this study session, councilmembers will explore what RCV is, how it might be implemented in Longmont, and the potential benefits it might bring to Longmont elections. This study session is the first definitive step towards getting RCV on the ballot and in use in Longmont elections. If improving local democra

At its August 5th meeting, the Longmont City Council voted to add a study session on ranked choice voting (RCV) as a future agenda item...

RCV for Longmont was recently interviewed in the Longmont Herald! You can read the article here: https://longmontherald.substack.com/p/ra...