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{{wikipedia}}'''Fargo, North Dakota''' is a city in the north-central United States. In 2018, Fargo became the first city in the United States to adopt [[approval voting]] for municipal elections, and in 2020, became the first city to hold municipal elections using approval.
== History ==
A previous city commissioner election in 2015 suffered from six-way vote-splitting, resulting in a candidate winning with only a 22% plurality of the vote.<ref>https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/11/15/18092206/midterm-elections-vote-fargo-approval-voting-ranked-choice</ref>▼
=== Before approval ===
The Reform Fargo campaign needed 1,349 signatures for the ballot measure, and was able to collect 1,923 valid signatures.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Fargo,_North_Dakota,_Measure_1,_Approval_Voting_Initiative_(November_2018)</ref>▼
▲A previous city commissioner election in 2015 suffered from six-way [[vote-splitting]], resulting in a candidate winning with only a 22% [[plurality]] of the vote.<ref name=":1">https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/11/15/18092206/midterm-elections-vote-fargo-approval-voting-ranked-choice</ref>
=== Reform Fargo ===
This affects positions in the City of Fargo itself, including its mayor, four city commissioners, and municipal judge.<ref>https://reformfargo.org/faq</ref> (It is thus being used for both single-winner and multi-winner elections.)▼
<blockquote>''main article: [[Reform Fargo]]''</blockquote>"Reform Fargo" was the name of a campaign to institute approval voting in the city of Fargo. The ballot initiative passed.
▲The Reform Fargo campaign needed 1,349 signatures for the ballot measure, and was able to collect 1,923 valid signatures.<ref name=":0">https://ballotpedia.org/Fargo,_North_Dakota,_Measure_1,_Approval_Voting_Initiative_(November_2018)</ref>
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The city of Fargo adopted [[Approval voting]] in November 2018,<ref name=":0" /> with a 64% majority in favor.<ref name=":1" />
=== Elections ===
The first election to use approval voting occurred in 2020,<ref>https://thefulcrum.us/approval-voting-st-louis "will be used in the next municipal election in 2020"</ref> as two commissioners' terms expire in June 2020.<ref name=":2">http://fargond.gov/city-government/departments/auditors/licensing-department/elections</ref> The terms of the current mayor and the other two commissioners expire in June 2022.<ref name=":2" /> The current municipal judge was elected in 2012 and serves four-year terms.<ref>http://fargond.gov/city-government/departments/municipal-court/judges-staff</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* https://reformfargo.org/
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