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WA looking at ranked-choice voting among election reform ideas


Months after the 2020 election, lawmakers are considering a slew of election-related proposals.
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Updated on Monday, March 8 at 8:13 a.m.
Marvin Eng places his ballot inside a ballot drop-off box outside of New Holly Gathering Hall in the Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle, Nov. 6, 2018. (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut)
The 2020 election ended months ago, but politicians in Olympia haven’t lost interest in one of their favorite topics: election reform.
Proposals on the legislative agenda this year range across the spectrum, from ranked-choice voting to a proposal to go back to in-person voting. Whether any of these proposals will make it to the governor’s desk is unknown, but the sheer breadth and depth of this year’s election reform bills are impressive. ....

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