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What's your opinion? Vote now: Cat, Dog, Hedgehog, Horse, Moose, Octopus, Squirrel...

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LWV Boulder County's Voting Methods Team Page

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LWV Boulder County's Voting Methods Team Page

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If you attended the caucus, you've probably gotten a sense of how seriously LWV Boulder County takes their voting methods research! You can learn more about their work here.

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VM Team - League of Women Voters® of Boulder County

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Here you can find Kathleen Farrell and Joan Hubbard's slides on how voters adopted Approval Voting and about how the League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis made sure that voters understood the new system at the polls.

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Want to look at something in Whitney Oxendahl's slides about the rise of approval voting in Fargo again? You can do that here!

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Whitney Oxendahl Approval Voting (1) (1)

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Hopefully, Marcus Ogren's deep dive into the merits of STAR voting, and the outcomes possible in a variety of approval voting scenarios has given you a lot to think about. You can revisit their slides here.

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Star Voting is a website for advocates of, you guessed it, STAR voting. You can learn more about what they like about the system, and build mock star elections of your own here.

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Our voting system is broken, but it doesn't have to stay that way.

STAR Voting is all about the idea that we should be able to vote our conscience, our votes should never be wasted, and our elections should accurately reflect the will of the people.

STAR stands for Score Then Automatic Runoff, and that's exactly how it works:

Scoring Round: Add up all the stars from all the ballots. The two highest scoring are finalists.

Automatic Runoff: The finalist preferred by more voters wins. In the runoff, each ballot counts as one vote for the finalist that voter preferred. If both finalists were scored equally that is a vote of no preference between those two.

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"Working locally, we're building a national movement and a model for more fair, inclusive, and representative elections. No more spoilers, no more choosing between the lesser of two evils. No more stepping-stone reforms."

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Highly accurate, no matter how many candidates/parties are in the race.

No parties, candidates, or voters are excluded. Doesn't give anyone an unfair advantage.

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Combats the influence of money in politics.

Even if your favorite can’t win your vote helps prevent your worst case scenario.

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STAR Voting is an innovative Oregon grown solution for more expressive, more representative elections. With STAR Voting we would be able skip the low-turnout primary and just vote once in November for non-partisan races. You score candidates from zero (worst) up to 5 stars (best.) If your favorites…

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Empowering St. Louis With Better Elections

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Empowering St. Louis With Better Elections

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If you want more to hear more about how Prop D for Democracy was won, check out this video, in which St. Louisans (including the League's own Kathleen Farrell) explain why Prop D for Democracy was important to them.

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Empowering St  Louis with Better Elections

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One of Whitney Oxendahl's Letter to the Editor

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One of Whitney Oxendahl's Letter to the Editor

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Read how Whitney explained approval voting in a letter to the editor of InForum. `

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In November 2018, Fargo was put on the map, but not for football or its economic activity this time. It was the first city in the nation to adopt approval voting - with over 63% of Fargo voters stamping their approval. For many outside the election science sphere, it passed as a blip on the radar.

The 2020 election proceeded in a whirlwind of pandemic voting and vote-by-mail, and approval voting went largely unnoticed in Fargo with a smaller field of candidates than usual.

Now with a large field of 15 Fargo City Commission candidates heading into the June 14th primary, voters may have questions on how this new voting system works. We at the League of Women Voters want to make sure you feel informed and prepared as you fill out your ballot.
First, what is approval voting?
Approval voting allows you to vote for all the candidates you approve of, not just your favorite. Instead of voting for one candidate on your ballot if one office is open, you can vote for any number of candidates you like. The candidate who receives the most votes still wins.
How does approval voting look in practice?
There are two open seats for Fargo City Commission this primary and 15 candidates are running. Say you have one favorite candidate, you fill in the oval next to that one name. If you are okay with five of them, vote for all five. If you're okay with 12 of the 13, vote for those. Whichever candidates you are OK with winning, vote for that number. Then whichever two candidates get the highest number of votes from Fargo voters will be on the city commission after June 14th.
Which races use approval voting?
Fargo mayor, Fargo City Commission, and municipal judge races use approval voting. Fargo School Board and Fargo Park District do not.
Is approval voting the same as ranked-choice voting?
No, you are not ranking the candidates. You are instead voting for any you approve of.
Why the push for a new voting system?
One reason the organizers of the ballot measure pushed for an alternative voting system was due to candidates continually winning city races with a third of the vote or less. After approval voting was adopted, the two winners of the Fargo City Commission race in 2020 won with over 50% of the vote.

Historically in Cass County, most voters - a whopping 95% - vote in person, either voting early or on election day, so this year will allow Fargo voters to test this new system of voting outside of 2020's vote-by-mail election.

To learn more about the Fargo candidates, you can join us for our candidate forums on April 20th, April 21st and May 4th at Fargo City Hall.

We at the League of Women Voters believe informed voters are empowered voters. That's what we vote for.
Whitney Oxendahl is a League of Women Voters of the Red River Valley board member. This letter does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Forum's editorial board nor Forum ownership.

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Letter: Fargo approved of approval voting. Now what?

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Oxendahl writes, "Approval voting allows you to vote for all the candidates you approve of, not just your favorite. Instead of voting for one candidate on your ballot if one office is open, you can vote for any number of candidates you like. The candidate who receives the most votes still wins."

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Read more about the LWV of Red River Valley's work educating voters!

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Educating Voters | League of Women Voters

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We host hundreds of events and programs every year to educate voters about candidates in thousands of federal, state and local races, as well as distribute millions of educational materials about state and local elections.

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Prop D and Prop R at the League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis

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Prop D and Prop R at the League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis

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Read more about how the LWV of Metro St. Louis has promoted good government through approval voting, conflict of interest measures and redistricting reforms.

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The League supported Prop D for Democracy in 2021 and Prop R in the April 5 municipal elections. Voters approved both reform measures. The summary of Prop R says:

Shall Article IV of the City of St. Louis Charter be amended to:

● Prohibit Alderpersons from taking actions on policies where they have a personal or financial conflict of interest;

● Require that Alderpersons' financial disclosure statements be open to the public;

● Have ward boundary maps drawn by an independent citizen commission, which shall have a diverse group of members, hold public hearings, and draw maps.

● Prohibit lobbyists, Alderpersons, and others with conflicts of interest from serving on the independent citizen commission; and

● Prohibit the Board of Alderpersons from changing voting methods for municipal offices without a public vote?

Prop R will:

Prohibit alderpersons from voting on matters where they have a personal or financial conflict of interest related to the legislation being considered.

Ensure the public knows if an alderperson has a conflict of interest by requiring disclosure statements to be posted on the city website.

Require alderpersons to wait at least one year after leaving office before becoming lobbyists influencing city policy.

Give the power to draw future ward boundary maps to an independent citizen commission composed of diverse, qualified city voters that must hold public hearings. Prohibit lobbyists, aldermen, and others with conflicts of interest from serving on the commission.

Require a public vote on any changes to voting methods for municipal offices (mayor, comptroller, president of the Board of Aldermen, and alderpersons.

Remove gendered language in the law by having all members legally called "alderpersons."

For more information, read this column in the St. Louis American.

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The League supported Prop D for Democracy in 2021 and Prop R in the April 5 municipal elections. Voters approved both reform measures. The summary of Prop R says:Shall Article IV of the City of St.