The city joins Kalamazoo and Royal Oak as part of a broader campaign to bring the electoral process to state elections.
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Residents in East Lansing, Kalamazoo and Royal Oak are considering ballot questions that could change the way their votes are counted.
Kalamazoo residents will have the chance to decide whether they want ranked choice voting in future elections.
Former Sen. Rob Portman said his new academic center at the University of Cincinnati will study the issue.
At least 10 cities in Utah will operate local races through ranked choice voting in November.
A resolution seeking to allow Ranked Choice Voting for Kalamazoo’s mayoral and city commissioner elections was adopted Monday.
Currently in Texas, the candidate who receives the most votes wins, even if that is less than a majority.
State law would have to change before those cities could actually use ranked-choice voting.
New bill calls for ranked-choice voting, represents opportunity to push extremism out of Wisconsin elections.