jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world · 12 days agoPortland’s ranked-choice debut causes voter engagement to crater; 1 in 5 who cast ballots chose no one for City Councilwww.oregonlive.comexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down111file-textcross-posted to: portland_oregon@lemmy.world
arrow-up1171arrow-down1external-linkPortland’s ranked-choice debut causes voter engagement to crater; 1 in 5 who cast ballots chose no one for City Councilwww.oregonlive.comjordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square89fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: portland_oregon@lemmy.world
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 days agoI 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.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 days agoApparently they had to vote their entire local government in this time because they reorganized it. In the future it will be a smaller field.
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.
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.