Ranked choice voting signature collection phase begins in Michigan, campaign says

The campaign to bring ranked choice voting to Michigan elections announced that signature collection will begin in an effort to make the 2026 general election ballot.

Petition sheets and signature gatherers will fan out starting Thursday and this weekend, the campaign Rank MI Vote will begin holding field launch events across the state. That includes the Latin Americans United for Progress Fiesta in Holland and the Ann Arbor Art Fair.

Pat Zabawa, Rank MI Vote’s executive director, said the first signature will be his on Thursday morning.

“One down, 446,197 to go,” Zabawa said in a statement. “Obviously, we have our work cut out for us: when we qualify for the ballot, it will have taken the biggest signature collection campaign in Michigan history. That might intimidate some campaigns, but it’s what this team is built for. We have thousands of volunteers who are very eager to win this with shoe leather and hard work. We’re now in the stage of the campaign where progress is measured in how much ink we put on paper and how many conversations we have with our friends and neighbors.”


https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/ranked-choice-voting-signature-collection-phase-beings-campaign-says/