Cash Pours Into the Campaign to Take Ranked Choice Voting Statewide
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Like lawmakers themselves, Oregonians may not be ready for Measure 117’s ranked choice voting • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregonians might not be ready for supporting a new voting system that would apply to some elections but not others.
Oregon rural county clerks worry ranked choice voting would raise costs, undermine election trust • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon voters will decide on a ranked choice voting measure that would change how votes are tallied for federal and many state offices.
How Portland elects its mayor is about to drastically change. Here are the promises — and pitfalls
The move adds Portland to a small but growing list of U.S. cities, states and other jurisdictions that have adopted a widely used form of single-winner ranked-choice voting.
Ranked-choice voting has challenged the status quo. Its popularity will be tested in November
Alaska’s new electoral system — with open primaries and ranked-choice voting — has been a model for voters in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ballot box.
Arlington reverses use of ranked-choice voting system for fall elections
The move brings the Northern Virginia suburb’s experiment with the increasingly popular voting system to a halt for now.
Ranked-choice voting could come to Oregon, if voters say yes in 2024
In November 2024, voters will decide whether to use ranked choice voting in races after January 1, 2028 for president, seats in Congress, governor, Oregon secretary of state and some others.
Should Oregon Adopt Ranked-Choice Voting?
Today on TAP: Not if the state’s progressives and Democrats hope to be winning elections
Oregon voters could decide on ranked-choice voting soon
A bill asking voters to approve the system is among those stalled by a Republican walkout in the Senate.
Reformers Unveil Statewide Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative
Ranked choice voting, open primaries? New ballot initiative would bring both to Idaho
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho voters could soon decide whether to have open primary elections and whether to choose candidates in order of preference, through a burgeoning method called ranked choice
Is Oregon ripe for ranked choice voting? – Oregon Capital Chronicle
With three serious gubernatorial candidates on the ballot in November and the theoretical possibility of a new governor elected with 34% of the vote, Oregon might consider an election tool that recently got a lot of attention in Alaska and seems ripe for consideration here: ranked choice voting. The probability – at least, if polling […]
Two Great Election Reforms That Go Great Together | Washington Monthly
Ranked-choice voting brings numerous benefits and one downside: It requires voters to spend more time with the ballot. Vote by mail gives them that time.
Ranked choice voting’s Big Adventure on November 8
RCV is on the ballot in a record 10 locations; and being used for elections in 12 other locations
Money in politics: How winner-take-all elections make it worse
To understand money's pernicious role, don’t think of candidates receiving briefcases of bribes. Think of the "Pyramid of Money."
The Political Machines That for Decades Dominated Portland Elections Must Start From Scratch
Editorial: A shared goal toward a better city government
While proposals from two commissioners to alter the new form of government approved by voters last year were premature, Portlanders should recognize that building a better government may take adjustments and revisions to the original ballot measure, the editorial board writes.
Gonzalez Abandons Attempt to Change Reform Measure After Frosty Reception This Week
Will Portland’s government overhaul be changed midstream? Council may vote to refer 3 measures to ballot
Portland City Council members will consider next week whether to place three separate measures on a November ballot. Each of the proposals, discussed Tuesday at a work session, would alter voter-approved changes to the city’s form of government.
Seven Elected Officials Pan Proposal to Alter Charter Reform Measure
Spirited City Council Discussion on Proposed Changes to Charter Reform Measure Resolves Little
Open primary backers to sue AG
Supporters of an initiative to create nonpartisan open primaries and establish ranked-choice voting announced Monday they intend to sue Attorney General Raúl Labrador over his ballot titles for the initiative.
Lee Drutman responds to Steven Hill: "Yes, Fusion does offer a new horizon for US Politics"
Drutman thinks fusion will best usher in "party-centered reform" that the two-party system so badly needs -- and maybe even proportional representation
New initiative would bring 'STAR Voting' to Eugene elections
This month, petitioners will begin collecting signatures to overhaul election rules in the city of Eugene. The initiative would allow voters to rate multiple candidates instead of choosing just one.
Efforts for ranked-choice voting, STAR voting gaining progress in Oregon – Oregon Capital Chronicle
Efforts to change Oregon’s voting system are on the move in the state Legislature and among citizen groups.
Alaska lawmakers advance bipartisan election bill to implement ballot curing, signature verification
A last-minute bipartisan effort to update Alaska’s election laws does not include new campaign contribution limits, nor does it make changes to the state’s open primaries and ranked choice voting system.
New coalition seeks to end Idaho’s closed primary elections - InvestigateWest
Idahoans for Open Primaries will attempt to qualify a ballot initiative for the November 2024...
Two Political Action Committees Plan to Push Back Against Portland Charter
Multnomah County voters could decide in November whether to extend voting r
The proposal is among seven changes to the county charter that the volunteer charter review commission will put before voters this fall.
The Skanner News - Ballot Measure to Overhaul City Government Promises Mino
The Portland Charter Commission aims to bring city in line with how other major U.S. cities do local governance.