The city overwhelming voted to implement semi-open primaries, yet the party keeps resisting.
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The Buffalo Charter Revision Commission passed a resolution to explore open primaries, ranked choice voting (RCV), and expanded ballot access.
A local petition drive aims to bring ranked-choice voting to Sacramento; signature gathering is underway.
Ranked choice voting encourages candidates to make a positive pitch to voters, even seeking to appeal to their opponents’ supporters.
Steve Winter & Alden Okoh-Aduako seek to give New Haven voters more ballot options, as they advocate for passage of “enabling” state bill.
The charter commission is examining a possible move of its timetable to get voting reforms on the ballot this fall.
Too many candidates with small but enthusiastic pockets of support were relegated to being spoilers.
Could this be the year ranked choice voting comes to Connecticut?
Election officials and community groups are targeting older and low-propensity voters with an education blitz on the new way D.C. will vote this year.
No formal vote was taken, but the conversation signaled that RCV is unlikely to fade quietly from the agenda.