St. Louis, Missouri, Voters will Vote this year on a New Method for Electing City Officials.
Advocates of Approval Voting, which allows Voters to Select as Many Candidates they find Acceptable, and the Winner is the Candidate with the Most Votes.
Today, they announced they had more than 20,000 Signatures to Place their Proposition D for Democracy on the Ballot. That is more than Twice the Number they needed.
The coming Vote in One of the Nation's more Prominent Cities presents a Breakthrough Opportunity for this Alternative Election Method for the Primary Election.
Those who say American Democracy isn't Benefiting from the Traditional System, Voters Select One Candidate, and the One with the most Votes Wins, and now, Ranked-Choice Voting, where the Voter Ranks their Choices, if No Candidate gets a Majority of the Vote on the First Round of Voting, then Multiple Rounds of Calculations, takes place, until a Candidate has the Majority of the Votes.
Under the St. Louis Initiative, the Nonpartisan Primaries for Mayor, City Comptroller, and Aldermen, would be Conducted using a Form of Approval Voting. The Two People endorsed on the Most Number of Ballots would move on to the General Election, which would be Conducted using the traditional Choose-one method.
Advantages of Switching to the New System, Advocates say, would be an End to the Election of People with Only Plurality Support and a Greater Chance for Grassroots Candidates with New Ideas to get Elected.
Proponents of the Change point out that in the Last Five years, St. Louis has had Eight Primary Elections in which the Winner received less than 37% of the Vote.
The Measure will likely go before the Voters sometime this year, but the Exact Date will be determined by City Officials, who like All Officials Nationwide are having to Work around the Coronavirus Pandemic in Scheduling Elections.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker
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