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Oct. 25, 2022 - Some WA counties consider voting change
10/25/2022 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Approval vs. ranked-choice voting: What's the difference?
Voters in Seattle, as well as San Juan and Clark counties, will consider a major philosophical change to voting this November.
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Oct. 25, 2022 - Some WA counties consider voting change
10/25/2022 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Voters in Seattle, as well as San Juan and Clark counties, will consider a major philosophical change to voting this November.
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This November, voters in some Washington counties will consider a major philosophical change to voting.
In August, when Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola won a surprise victory over Sarah Palin and another Republican for a seat in Congress it generated renewed discussion on rank choice voting.
Rank choice voting allows voters to rank each candidate on the ballot in numerical order of preference.
In contrast, approval voting lets voters select as many candidates as they want but assigns no rank to those selections.
Seattle, as well as Clark and San Juan Counties, will be asked whether they want to change their election systems and allow voters to select more than one candidate in primary elections.
In Seattle the change would affect voting for the offices of mayor, city attorney, and city council.
I'm Starla Sampaco find nonprofit Northwest News every day on www.crosscut.com.
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