As of Tuesday night, 50.9% of voters were against changing Seattle’s voting method, but ranked-choice voting is ahead of approval voting 74% to 26%. More votes are still being processed, with only 30.2% of registered voter ballots counted so far.
As of Tuesday night, 50.9% of voters were against changing Seattle’s voting method, but ranked-choice voting is ahead of approval voting 74% to 26%. Voters were tasked with deciding if a new elections system should be implemented in Seattle, and if a change were to happen, should the city implement ranked-choice or approval voting?
Initiative 134 is split up into two parts. The first, Prop 1a, is whether or not to implement a new system at all. The second part, Prop 1b, decides whether to change to ranked-choice or approval voting.In approval voting, voters select all candidates on the ballot who they approve of. The two candidates with the most votes for each office advance to the general election. Compared to this, in a ranked-choice voting system, voters would rank candidates for each office by preference.
“Turn every election into an honest measurement of how many voters support each candidate. If you’ve ever thought, ‘I’d like to vote for that candidate, but I’d be throwing away my vote,’ you’ve experienced how our current system doesn’t accurately measure voter support,” according to the Seattle Approves website.
St. Louis adopted an approval voting system during its November 2020 election after using a similar initiative petition campaign. The measure — Proposition D — got the support of more than 68% of voters. If approved, Initiative 134 would go into effect no later than 2025. If passed, ranked-choice voting would be implemented by 2027.
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