Carolyn Harding with Kyle Herman and Denise Riley from Ranked the Vote Ohio. We’ll talk about Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) and what it can do for Ohio.Kyle Herman is Executive Director for Rank the Vote Ohio, a nonpartisan nonprofit he co-founded as a volunteer in 2020 to help bring Ranked Choice Voting to Ohio. Kyle previously managed pro-democracy programs in Lebanon and Iraq for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; staffed President Obama as a writer in the White House Correspondence Office; and taught high school history and civics in Beirut, Lebanon. Kyle earned degrees focused on public policy from Ohio Wesleyan University and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.Denise Riley grew up in North Ridgeville Ohio. She received her bachelor’s from Kent State University in nursing. In 2015 she was elected to the school board of Switzerland of Ohio Local School District, and served for 4 years (2 as board president). Denisejoined Rank The Vote Ohio in December of 2020 as a member of the volunteer mobilization and onboarding team and is now the Team Lead Director. More than a year ago Rank the Vote Ohio launched it’s all volunteer group to educate and organize Ohioans about Ranked Choice Voting. Ranked Choice Voting got a lot of press this last year, especially regarding Alaska’s special & general elections pitting former right wing republican Governor Sarah Palin against moderate democrat Mary Peltola. And Mary Peltola WON, becoming the first indigenous congresswoman from Alaska. Both elections were held via Ranked Choice Voting.rankthevoteohio.orgGrassRoot Ohio - Conversations with everyday people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.Every Friday Sundays at Contact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local station.Check us out and Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/Check us out on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/If you miss the Friday broadcast, you can find it here: All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753GrassRoot Ohio is now on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085This GrassRoot Ohio interview can also be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAX2t1Z7_qae803BzDF4PtQ/Intro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8There's a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back!