@jordanlundM to politics • 3 days agoPortland’s ranked-choice debut causes voter engagement to crater; 1 in 5 who cast ballots chose no one for City Councilwww.oregonlive.comexternal-linkmessage-square88arrow-up1179arrow-down111file-textcross-posted to: portland_oregon
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minus-square@Maggotylink24•2 days agoThose pictures are brutal. You need to run some kind of preliminary if you’re going to have that many candidates over all. This isn’t an RCV failing it’s a failure to narrow the field with things like signature requirements.
minus-square@Kbobaboblink6•2 days agoI don’t think it’s that bad really. Someone mentioned 40+ candidates on a ballot in Germany. I don’t remember ever seeing primaries for local government office positions.
minus-square@Maggotylink5•2 days agoApparently they had to vote their entire local government in this time because they reorganized it. In the future it will be a smaller field.
Those pictures are brutal. You need to run some kind of preliminary if you’re going to have that many candidates over all. This isn’t an RCV failing it’s a failure to narrow the field with things like signature requirements.
I don’t think it’s that bad really. Someone mentioned 40+ candidates on a ballot in Germany.
I don’t remember ever seeing primaries for local government office positions.
Apparently they had to vote their entire local government in this time because they reorganized it. In the future it will be a smaller field.