Utah, which passed a law allowing ranked choice voting at the local level in 2018, is seeing attempts for more expansion:
Oakley City is the latest Wasatch Back town to think about changing the way it elects candidates for mayor and city council seats.
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Proponents like former Heber Mayor Kelleen Potter, executive director of Utah Ranked Choice Voting, say ranked choice voting combats political polarization.
“I have to talk to people who I might not normally talk to as a candidate, and as a voter, I have to look a little deeper and not just decide that my neighbor is the best one, so the rest of them must be jerks,” she said. “I have to say, ‘Well, gosh, if my neighbor loses, who would I choose for my second choice?’”
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Utah passed a law in 2018 to allow ranked choice voting. In 2023, 12 of the state’s cities and three counties used it, according to Potter.
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