Posted on: December 5th, 2024
” …A study commissioned by the city of Portland after the November election found that 85% of Portlanders were aware of ranked-choice voting prior to receiving their ballot. And 91% of voters surveyed understood how to fill out their ranked-choice ballot, which, depending on the voting district in which voters lived, listed between 15 and 30 candidates running for Portland City Council.
Those percentages were slightly lower for voters of color, the study, conducted by FM3 Research, found. Seventy-three percent of voters of color polled said they were aware of ranked-choice voting prior to receiving their ballot, and 86% said they understood how to fill it out…..”