Proposed Portland Charter Reform is Confusing and Un-democratic

Written By Bob Weinstein

Portland certainly needs a new system of governance, but adoption of the Charter Commission’s proposals would make a bad system worse. One problem is the complicated and untried combination of ranked-choice voting with multi-member districts to choose the members of the City Council.

Bob Weinstein
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