Washington, D.C. voters will get the opportunity in November to choose whether or not they want to implement a ranked choice voting initiative.
The ballot measure, also known as Initiative 83, was proposed by an organization called Make All Votes Count and spearheaded by Lisa D.T. Rice, an advisory neighborhood commissioner from Ward 7.
The initiative seeks to allow independent voters to participate in party primaries and gives voters the ability to choose a preferred candidate first, and if they don’t win, voters can choose their next favorite until one candidate can secure more than half of the votes.
“We deserve a better system,” Rice told the Eagle. “Our current system consistently benefits entrenched politicians with deep pockets; very much not serving the younger demographic.”
The voting system helps to elect more women and minority candidates,
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