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Resident urges Portsmouth to consider ranked-choice voting, cites examples from other localities
Summary
A Portsmouth resident urged the council to adopt ranked-choice voting for city council elections, summarizing recent examples from New York City, Alaska, Arlington and Charlottesville and saying the method helps elect candidates with majority support.
Portsmouth — Aaron Cody, a Portsmouth resident, asked the City Council to consider adopting ranked-choice voting for Portsmouth City Council elections and summarized six election examples where the method was used.
Cody told the council that in several large contests — including the New York City Democratic primary for mayor and the Alaska U.S. Senate contest — ranked-choice…
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