2026 Democracy Reform Legislative Scorecard

FairVote Washington advances democracy reforms like Ranked Choice Voting to give every voter a stronger voice. This scorecard shows how every Washington State lawmaker voted on key reform bills in 2026 — from voting rights protections and voter registration security to fair representation and election access.

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147
Legislators Scored
63%
Overall Average
60%
House Average
68%
Senate Average
Name ▲▼ Chamber ▲▼ District ▲▼ Party ▲▼ Score ▲▼

The Bills

FairVote Washington tracked 11 democracy reform bills during the 2026 legislative session. Five passed and were delivered to the Governor. Six did not advance out of committee or floor consideration.

✓ Passed — Delivered to Governor

○ Did Not Advance

Methodology

Each legislator is scored based on the percentage of pro-democracy-reform positions they took on bills that reached a floor vote in their chamber.

House members are scored on 6 bills: HB 2210 (sponsor or committee support, double weighted), HB 1710, HB 1750, HB 1916, SB 6084, and SB 5892. HB 2210, the Protect Our VOICES Act, carries double the weight of other bills in the scoring because it represents FairVote Washington’s core mission of advancing ranked choice voting and fair representation.

Senators are scored on 5 bills: HB 1710, HB 1750, HB 1916, SB 6084, and SB 5892. (HB 2210 was a House-only bill and SB 5069 did not receive a floor vote.)

How votes are counted: A “Yea” vote or sponsor/committee support counts as a pro-reform position. A “Nay” vote counts against. “Excused” votes are excluded from the calculation entirely, so an excused absence does not count against a legislator’s score. Legislators who were absent or did not take a position on a bill are counted as a “no” vote.

Formula: Score = (weighted pro-reform positions ÷ weighted bills voted on) × 100%, where HB 2210 counts as 2 and all other bills count as 1. Excused votes are excluded from both numerator and denominator.

Example: A House member who sponsored HB 2210 and voted Yea on 4 other bills, Nay on 1, would score (2+4)/(2+4+1) = 6/7 = 85.7%. A House member who did not sponsor HB 2210 but voted Yea on all 5 other bills would score 5/7 = 71.4%. Excused votes are excluded entirely.

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