Denver is a proven leader when it comes to improving the elections process. The recent Denver City Council vote to block a proposal that would have allowed voters to decide whether to combine municipal and run-off elections and provide an instant run-off voting system for Denver was disappointing. An instant run-off process with ranked choice voting is a proven, cost-saving, voter-friendly reform that has already succeeded in dozens of other cities and states. Second, we should move Denver’s municipal elections from the low-turnout spring to the higher-turnout November odd-year elections. Together, these reforms would make our elections more efficient and inclusive, our government more stable, and our politics more constructive.