| Ashleigh Fields | AFRO American Newspapers |
Washington, D.C. council members voted to approve funding for ranked choice voting July 14 in the first of two votes on the District’s budget.
D.C. Council members affirmed support for Initiative 83 in an 8-4 vote during the council’s budget hearing after a majority of Washingtonians voted in favor of ranked choice voting in the November election.
More voter choice…that’s a good thing
“Every way I slice it, ranked choice voting leads to more voter choice, and I think that’s a good thing,” Councilmember Brooke Pinto (D-Ward 2) said after the vote.
“Today I voted to adopt ranked choice voting in D.C. elections, listening to the 73 percent of voters who advocated for this in a ballot initiative last election,” she added.