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Benton County effort to adopt ranked-choice voting cleared for November ballot
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Aug 18, 2016 06:33pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Dana Tims |
| Media | Newspaper - Oregonian, The (Portland) |
| News Date | Thursday, August 18, 2016 07:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Benton County voters in November will get the chance to make theirs the first county in Oregon to adopt ranked-choice voting.
If approved, the measure would change the way officials are chosen in general and special elections. Primaries will not be affected by the initiative.
Ranked-choice voting, also known as instant run-off voting, allows voters to select candidates in order of preference. Under this method, voters can rank up to three candidates by order of preference when filling out their ballots.
A candidate netting an outright majority of votes wins. Lacking that, an elimination process begins, with the candidate receiving the fewest first-choice votes being eliminated. The voter's second-ranked candidate then gets that vote, with the elimination process continuing until one candidate receives the majority needed for election. |
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