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minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·24 hours agoI live in uber-blue Oregon and the Dem politicians here rallied against it and got it defeated on the 2024 ballot.
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·23 hours agoSame here in Massachusetts back in 2020. It’s not necessarily a GOP vs Dem issue, it’s dominant parties worried that giving voters more choice will weaken their control.
minus-squarecrystalmerchant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·22 hours agoWe have it for Portland though! And it’s working
minus-squareMontagge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·23 hours agoBullshit https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Measure_117,_Ranked-Choice_Voting_for_Federal_and_State_Elections_Measure_(2024)#Support
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-221 hours agoWhat’s bullshit? 4 out of 18 Democratic state senators claimed to support it and 14 out of 36 Democratic state reps claimed to support it. Only 3 Republican state legislators opposed it so Republicans must have been in favor of it too, right?
I live in uber-blue Oregon and the Dem politicians here rallied against it and got it defeated on the 2024 ballot.
Same here in Massachusetts back in 2020.
It’s not necessarily a GOP vs Dem issue, it’s dominant parties worried that giving voters more choice will weaken their control.
We have it for Portland though! And it’s working
Bullshit
https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Measure_117,_Ranked-Choice_Voting_for_Federal_and_State_Elections_Measure_(2024)#Support
What’s bullshit? 4 out of 18 Democratic state senators claimed to support it and 14 out of 36 Democratic state reps claimed to support it.
Only 3 Republican state legislators opposed it so Republicans must have been in favor of it too, right?