WGN Radio 720 – Chicago's Very Own

Ranked Choice Voting in Chicago, what is it?

"I voted" stickers sit on a table inside the early voting Chicago Board of Elections' Loop Super Site in Chicago, Illinois, on October 1, 2020. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Gary Schotz, the Speakers Bureau Deputy Lead for FairVote Illinois, joins John Landecker on the show to break down what Ranked Choice Voting is and what it would mean for us if Chicago adopts it as a voting system. Evanston is slated to start using it in 2025, but how does it all work?

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