We Bought OpaVote

On January 1, 2024, Cohere, a worker cooperative, purchased OpaVote, an online voting platform specializing in ranked choice voting.

I am very proud to be a member of Cohere. With Cohere, Zee Spencer, Ana Ulin, Jennifer Tu, and I are co-creating a work environment that is cooperative, egalitarian, and sustainable. Purchasing a profitable SaaS business is a huge step forward for us.

I am very proud to be an owner of OpaVote. Group decision-making based in democratic principles respecting the will and desires of all people involved is necessary to create a world that values all people and their needs, preferences, and desires.

By making elections, especially elections with ranked-choice voting, easy and inexpensive to understand and manage, OpaVote allows more organizations to make more democratic decisions more often.

In addition, by increasing familiarity with ranked-choice voting, we increase understanding of when it should be used and the public’s ability and desire to push for more ranked-choice voting in government elections. That, in turn, results in more power to the people by ensuring better representation in elected officials and governments.

These are things that mean a lot to me and it is a privilege and an honor to be able to pursue them simultaneously.