This article in The Day is by Matt Vasilogambros:
In Connecticut there is a bill before the Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections that would establish a task force to study ranked-choice voting in this state.
“Sometimes we hear from elected officials, ‘Well, it worked in all these other places. But this is New York City. We’re bigger, we’re more complicated and more diverse,'” said Eric Friedman, assistant executive director for public affairs at the New York City Campaign Finance Board, which is leading the city’s public education campaign.
“We may need to do some extra work to figure out how to make this stick here.”
Read the full article here. Other states and localities that have recently seen legislation proposed to make the switch to ranked voting include Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York City, Baltimore, and at least two cities in Utah. Click those links for the latest related Democracy Chronicles coverage!
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