Oregon voters may get to choose whether they want ranked-choice voting statewide under a bill that the Oregon House referred to voters on May 23. House Bill 2004 goes to the Senate; if voters say yes in the 2024 general election, the system would start in 2028. It already is in effect in Benton County and Corvallis; Multnomah County and Portland plan on using it in coming years.
A Multnomah County elections worker prepares to count ballots.
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Oregon voters may get to choose whether they want ranked-choice voting statewide under a bill that the Oregon House referred to voters on May 23. House Bill 2004 goes to the Senate; if voters say yes in the 2024 general election, the system would start in 2028. It already is in effect in Benton County and Corvallis; Multnomah County and Portland plan on using it in coming years.
Oregon voters may get to choose whether they want to use ranked-choice voting to elect their top federal and statewide officials.
That system is proposed in House Bill 2004, which the Oregon House passed on a 35-24 vote on May 23 and sent to the Senate. Aside from its uncertain fate in the Senate, where the current Republican walkout has stymied all business in that chamber, the measure hinges on voter approval in the general election Nov. 5, 2024. If approved then, the system would start in 2028.
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