3mo ago

Portland’s ranked-choice debut causes voter engagement to crater; 1 in 5 who cast ballots chose no one for City Council

A substantial share of Portland residents who voted in last week’s election left their preference for mayor or City Council entirely blank.

Ballot in question:
Mayor:

District 1:

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Odd implementation of ranked choice. Probably too many choices without party affiliation listed for voters that didn't come into the booth having already researched the choices. Sad because this will probably get used to say the whole concept is bad.
- No voting booths here in Oregon. We get our ballots mailed to us along with a voter's guide book with a page for each candidate. I've never seen anywhere near that many candidates before, though.
  
  It was a lot because this was the first election with our new system of government. It should settle down next time.

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