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Council opens study of at-large election format after high undervote counts in past elections
Summary
Councilors discussed whether to split the at-large council race into two separately numbered seats or pursue other election changes after one member cited large undervote counts (including 13,000 undervotes in 2021); city attorney said options include municipal-code amendment or a charter amendment and council requested more analysis.
City councilors asked staff to study changes to the city’s at-large election format after a councilor pointed to high undervote totals in previous contests.
Councilor (speaker 10) said the at-large seat contest typically draws many undervotes and suggested printing two separately numbered at-large seats on the ballot so voters would select one candidate per seat instead of the…
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