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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.
The city of Fargo adopted [[Approval voting]] in November 2018,<ref name=":0">https://ballotpedia.org/Fargo,_North_Dakota,_Measure_1,_Approval_Voting_Initiative_(November_2018)</ref> with a 64% majority in favor.<ref name=":1">https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/11/15/18092206/midterm-elections-vote-fargo-approval-voting-ranked-choice</ref>▼
== History ==
=== Before approval ===
The Reform Fargo campaign needed 1,349 signatures for the ballot measure, and was able to collect 1,923 valid signatures.<ref name=":0" />▼
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=== 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. Each commissioner is elected at-large, representing the entire city.)<ref>http://fargond.gov/city-government/departments/city-commission/about</ref>▼
<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"
The first election to use approval voting will occur in 2020.<ref>https://thefulcrum.us/approval-voting-st-louis "will be used in the next municipal election in 2020"</ref> The current mayor's term expires in June 2022.<ref name=":2">http://fargond.gov/city-government/departments/auditors/licensing-department/elections</ref> Two commissioners' terms expire in June 2020, and the others' 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>▼
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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
== References ==
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== External links ==
* https://reformfargo.org/
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