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so the judge expires in 2012+4+4 = 2020 also?
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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>
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
The Reform Fargo campaign needed 1,349 signatures for the ballot measure, and was able to collect 1,923 valid signatures.<ref
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>
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/
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