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.
  • Kbobabob@lemmy.world
    6·
    3 days ago

    I don’t think it’s that bad really. Someone mentioned 40+ candidates on a ballot in Germany.

    I don’t remember ever seeing primaries for local government office positions.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 days ago

      Apparently they had to vote their entire local government in this time because they reorganized it. In the future it will be a smaller field.