Seattle narrowly approves ranked-choice voting

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Seattle voters have decided to change the way they vote by adopting ranked-choice voting.

Although King County still has about 100 votes to count and citizens can still demand a recount on this close election, the decision appears to have been made.

About 51% of voters said Seattle should change its primary voting system away from the state’s top-two primary and 49% said no to the change, with a vote gap of almost exactly 6,000 votes.

The results on the second ballot question were much clearer: 76% said the new primary system should be ranked choice voting and 24% chose approval voting.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/seattle-narrowly-approves-ranked-choice-voting/ar-AA14ypvM

[brush]

1. Is ranked choise worth the trouble?

Sorry, but primaries and a general seems more direct and efficient to me.

[comradebillyboy]

4. Yes, ranked choice makes it more difficult for extremists

to win. We get a better quality of elected representative.

[regnaD kciN]

2. Now we need to get it in the rest of King County...

[comradebillyboy]

3. Good. Ranked choice voting favors moderates.

It's why Mary Pelota won in Alaska among others.