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Score the Vote

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

“This book doesn’t end when you close it. It ends when your ballot changes.”

Score the Vote, ch. 1

Here’s what you can do about it this week, starting with the easiest. Pick one and do it today.

Things you can do this week

Your move

Mark as many as you like. Start with the first one. It takes a minute.

  • Share your scored ballot

    Score the sample ballot, or type in a race from your own ballot, and send it to someone. The link shows up as a picture of your ballot, so they see the idea before they click.

    Score a ballot

  • Run a score vote at dinner

    Print a blank ballot and let the table score tonight’s options from 0 to 10, then add up the scores. It works the same in a classroom, at a club meeting or at the office. Once people have used it, it doesn’t need explaining.

    Print a ballot

  • Have the 30-second conversation

    “Rate every candidate 0 to 10. Highest score wins. Like rating a movie, but for democracy.”

    Score the Vote, ch. 19

    That’s the whole pitch. Most people have never heard of score voting, so be the one who explains it: at dinner, at work, online.

    Get the pitch card

  • Bring it to a group you belong to

    Clubs, unions, student governments, party conventions and nonprofits write their own voting rules, and no law stands in the way. Propose a score vote for your next officer election or group decision.

    Cities come next. Fargo and St. Louis adopted approval voting, the simplest form of score voting, by citizen initiative. Many states now restrict alternative voting methods, so check your state’s law before you organize.

    How it gets adopted

  • If reform is on your ballot, read it

    If a voting-reform measure is on your ballot, read the full text, not just the ads about it, and vote your conscience. Your state or local election office publishes the official wording.

    Find your election office (opens in a new tab)

  • Fund the campaign

    Super Citizen is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Gifts pay for printed materials, this site and organizing, and they’re tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

    Donate

  • Read the book

    90 pages, about an hour to read: the case, the evidence, and how a reform like this wins. The ebook downloads today; the paperback and hardcover ship in early December 2026. From $9.

    Get the book

Running for office? Take the pledge.

Any candidate for any office, in any party or none, can pledge in public to support score voting. Your name goes on the public list once we’ve confirmed it came from your campaign. A listing is not an endorsement: Super Citizen never endorses or opposes candidates.

Take the pledge

“Plurality voting has survived this long not because it works, but because most people don’t know there’s an alternative. Now you do.”

Score the Vote, ch. 19

Pass it on.

Send the idea to one person who has ever held their nose in the voting booth.