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Hudson councilor describes ranked-choice voting experience; local commission weighs effects, SB 63
Summary
A guest from nearby Hudson described that city’s conversation about ranked-choice voting and told Stow City’s Charter Review Commission that the system can increase candidate competition and voter participation; commissioners discussed voter education, legal risks from state bill SB 63 and whether to pursue the change this cycle.
Skyler Sutton, a Hudson City Council member, told the Stow City Charter Review Commission on May 1 that Hudson is reviewing a charter amendment that could add ranked-choice voting and that his experience leads him to support the method.
Sutton said ranked-choice voting “leads to more candidates, and I think more satisfying results,” and argued it can reduce the sense of disenfranchisement when the plurality winner is chosen from a crowded field. He described a Ward 1 race in Hudson where the winner received 38% of the vote and noted,…
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