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Assembly advances amended ranked-choice voting ordinance for public hearing; amendment keeps block voting for multi-seat contests
Summary
The committee moved Ordinance 2025-13B, which would adopt ranked-choice voting for single-seat Assembly contests, to public hearing Aug. 18 and set action for Nov. 3. An amendment by Assemblymembers Atkinson and Steininger to retain block voting for multi-seat races (school board and special-seat scenarios) passed 7–1.
The Committee of the Whole advanced an amended ordinance to add ranked-choice voting to Juneau’s election code for single-member assembly races and set a timeline for further public involvement.
Assemblymember Atkinson moved and the committee adopted an amendment (co-sponsored by Assemblymember Steininger) removing cascading/multi-seat ranked systems for multi-seat contests and keeping traditional block voting for those races. That amendment passed 7–1. The committee then voted to send the main…
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