Everyone should petition their local officials to change to ranked choice voting. Now. This needs to happen before next elections.
The very close races we see are so tight because of other candidates on the ballots sucking away votes, and ranked choice would make it clear exactly what kind of government the voters want.
I say this as one who has voted 3rd party in the past and used to encourage others to do so. Until we have RCV, don’t let 3rd parties cannibalize your choice.