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Pierce County's Ranked Choice Voting

 

 
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In the 2000 elections, the voters of Pierce County voted in three momentous races in which the winner received less than a majority of the votes. These elections changed the course of history, and are viewed by many as unfair outcomes. From this election came an increased drive to reform our election system to be more fair, to be more inclusive and to inspire more debate of the issues. This eventually led to the adoption of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in Pierce County and other places around the US.

Pierce County's first RCV election was held on November 4, 2008, and already the Pierce County Council has approved a measure to put RCV back on the ballot in November 2009, to allows voters the opportunity to or repeal, or keep, the system.

The League of Women Voters hosted a forum on RCV on Friday, February 6, 2009 in response to this issue. It is presented here.

During the forum, one topic raised was the vetting of candidates by the parties. Ranked Choice Voting provides the parties with the right to vet their candidates, but the Top 2 does not. Read Kelly Haughton's response to this here.
 


Associated documents:

Presentation as PDF
2008 RCV Election costs
Additional information regarding RCV Election costs

For additional information on RCV see:

RCV Blog
FairVote.org
Facebook
Pierce County Councilmember Dick Muri's statement

In the News

2-12-09 - Ranked choice and political shenanigans (Seattle Times)

 

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UPDATED: 02.16.09