Voters in Seattle will be asked to decide between two new ways of voting in citywide elections this November after the Seattle City Council voted 7-2 Thursday in favor of sending both ranked-choice and approval voting methods to the ballot.
Washington weighs significant changes to how (and when) it votes in 2022
Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis introduced legislation earlier this week that would put ranked-choice voting, which allows voters to list their preferred candidates in order of preference, on the November ballot.
Lewis said at Thursday’s council meeting he wanted to allow voters “to choose the election form that is more broadly adopted across the United States,” as opposed to
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