Portland’s ranked-choice debut causes voter engagement to crater; 1 in 5 who cast ballots chose no one for City Council - eviltoast
A substantial share of Portland residents who voted in last week’s election left their preference for mayor or City Council entirely blank.
  • Sundial@lemm.ee
    6·
    3 days ago

    Is this a new measure for Portland? I’m guessing people didn’t know about it? The link doesn’t really give details.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPM
      5·
      3 days ago

      The measure was for state-wide ranked choice, it was defeated.

      It was implemented at the city level for this election for mayor and city council.

      • Sundial@lemm.ee
        7·
        3 days ago

        Well hopefully it continues and this incident doesn’t make the city reverse it. Thanks for the added context.