Ranked Choice Voting
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A New Year, a New Chapter
Reform transformed Portland’s campaign season—will it do the same for governance?
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What Could We Possibly Learn From a City Election 100 Years Ago?
Rose City Reform unpacks Portland’s 2024 election with Jack Santucci, who wrote a book about the history of Portland’s new voting method.
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Candidates Reveal Alliances at District 3 Forum
Find out who the council hopefuls plan to rank first or second on their own ballot.
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The new normal: candidate skill-swapping sessions.
It’s still early datys, but Portland’s reforms appear to have sparked a wave of collaboration between candidates.
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Positivity reigns in city races—but for how long?
Ranked Choice Voting is making campaigns friendlier. Could a flood of independent expenditures undercut the trend?
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Labor organizes to elect council members.
Labor leader Laurie Wimmer on the coordinated effort to promote union-friendly council reps.
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Lee Drutman: “Congress should follow Portland’s example.”
Rose City Reform chats with the founder of Fix Our House, a campaign to bring proportional representation to Capitol Hill.
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A proportional council, if you can keep it.
Portland’s new electoral system has historically faced an uphill battle in the United States. Could this time be different?
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Buzzword forecast for 2024: Slates.
Two national experts on why Portland should learn to love candidate slates.