Celebrate Ranked Choice Voting Day with RepresentWomen
A live conversation centering the women and gender-diverse people powering reform
RepresentWomen is excited to mark Ranked Choice Voting Day with a special live webinar focused on the people who make this reform possible.
On Thursday, January 22, from 1–2 PM EST, we’ll gather virtually to celebrate RCV Day by uplifting women leaders working on the front lines of the ranked choice voting movement. Our guests will include organizers, educators, coalition builders, and advocates who are helping this reform take root in communities across the country.
Rather than focusing on technical implementation, this conversation centers on the human side of reform — how ranked choice voting reshapes campaign culture, strengthens coalition-building, and creates more inclusive pathways to leadership. We’ll also explore why RCV remains one of the most powerful systems strategies for advancing women’s representation and ensuring that leaders earn majority support.
Our goal is to center voices that are too often left out of formal policy conversations, despite being essential to the movement’s success, and to engage participants in a thoughtful, interactive discussion about where this work is headed next.
What Is Ranked Choice Voting Day?
Ranked Choice Voting Day is an annual moment held every year on January 23rd (1, 2, 3) to celebrate a proven, people-powered reform that strengthens democracy by giving voters more choice and candidates a fairer path to office.
Ranked choice voting (RCV) allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference, ensuring winners earn majority support while reducing vote-splitting and negative campaigning.
At RepresentWomen, we celebrate RCV Day because how we vote shapes who runs, who wins, and who leads — and RCV is one of the most effective systems reforms for advancing women’s political representation.
Why RepresentWomen Supports Ranked Choice Voting
Our research shows that women — especially women of color — face structural barriers in winner-take-all elections that discourage them from running and limit their chances of winning.
Ranked choice voting helps change that by:
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Reducing the spoiler effect, so multiple women can run without being told to “wait their turn”
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Encouraging coalition-building, not zero-sum competition
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Lowering campaign costs by eliminating costly runoff elections
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Shifting campaign tone, reducing negative attacks that disproportionately harm women candidates
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Expanding voter choice, which benefits communities historically excluded from political power
RCV is not a silver bullet, but it is a powerful part of the systems-level change needed to reach gender-balanced governance.
Visit our Ranked Choice Voting website page to learn more!