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February 3, 2023
Testimony

Statement in Opposition to Utah HB 171, “A Bill Repealing the Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project”
… continue to grow and flourish in Utah. Further Reading “Election Law,” Cato Institute Handbook for Policymakers, 2022, Walter Olson, “Ranked Choice Voting in Local Elections: A Case for Home Rule,” Cato at Liberty, Oct. 5, 2022, Jimmy Balser, “Ranked‐Choice …
By Walter Olson
October 21, 2024
Media Highlights Radio

Walter Olson discusses ranked choice voting on KOA’s The Ross Kaminsky Show
Featuring Walter Olson
July 30, 2024
Media Highlights Radio

Walter Olson discusses ranked choice voting likely to be adopted in Frederick, MD, on the I Hate Politics podcast
Featuring Walter Olson
October 20, 2023
Media Highlights Radio

Walter Olson discusses ranked choice voting on the Future of Freedom podcast
Featuring Walter Olson
July 15, 2022
Media Highlights TV

Walter Olson discusses redistricting, ranked choice voting, and marriage equality in Frederick County, MD, on Senator Cheryl C. Kagan’s Kibbitzing with Kagan podcast
Featuring Walter Olson
October 17, 2024
Cato Daily Podcast

Dispelling the Fear and Loathing over Ranked-Choice Voting
As many voters will consider changes to voting processes, what does recent experience tell us about ranked-choice voting? Walter Olson explains.
Featuring Walter Olson and Caleb O. Brown
February 28, 2025
Media Highlights Radio

Walter Olson discusses Senate Bill 383 ranked choice voting on WBAL’s The Torrey Snow Show
Featuring Walter Olson
June 6, 2024
Media Highlights TV

Walter Olson participates in the webinar, “Does Ranked Choice Voting Help or Hurt?,” hosted by The Federalist Society
Featuring Walter Olson
April 1, 2025
Blog

Election Policy Roundup
A roundup of items on voting and elections including Trump’s executive order, paying Wisconsinites as a key election approaches, ranked choice voting, House gerrymandering now balances out by party, feds drop suit against Georgia and more.
By Walter Olson
January 3, 2025
Blog

My Year’s Worth of Election Law Writing
Following my 2023 and 2022 examples, I’ve compiled this catalog of my writings, televised panels, and podcasts since December 2023 on topics of election law and process.
By Walter Olson
November 20, 2024
Blog

A Setback for Election Reformers?
One headline on the election this month was that election reform itself lost big, with ranked choice voting (RCV) taking a clobbering. But the truth is more complicated.
By Walter Olson
November 13, 2024
Blog

How the 2024 Ballot Measures Fared
Individual liberty and good governance gained and lost ground in 2024 ballot measures.
By Walter Olson
November 7, 2024
Cato Daily Podcast

Ballot Issues in 2024
Americans voted on more than just a contentious Presidential fight. Ranked-choice voting, labor reform, and drugs were among the issues decided. Walter Olson details a few of them.
Featuring Walter Olson and Caleb O. Brown
November 4, 2024
Blog

Primary Reform: Why Top Four / Top Five?
Why primary reform has increasingly concentrated on “Top Four” and “Top Five” models employing ranked choice voting, and answers to some objections.
By Walter Olson
October 18, 2024
Blog

How Primary Reform Stalled—and Why It’s Back
Political primaries are an institution in need of reform, but many reform ideas tried thus far, such as California’s “top two” primary, have had disappointing results. But there’s a way forward.
By Walter Olson