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'''Reform Fargo''' wasis a successful campaign to institute [[approval voting]] in the city of [[Fargo, North Dakota]]. In 2018, the city adopted approval voting into law, and in 2020, held its first election using approval. Reform Fargo continues to help educate voters on how to use of [[approval voting]], to ensure that future support for the decision remains strong.
 
== History ==▼
See [[Fargo#Reform Fargo]] to learn more.
 
=== Before approval ===▼
{{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 ==
 
▲=== Before approval ===
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 Campaign===
<blockquote>''main article: [[Reform Fargo]]''</blockquote>"Reform Fargo" was the namecreated ofin a2018 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 ===
<blockquote>''main article: [[Fargo, North Dakota#Elections|Fargo, North Dakota # Elections]]''</blockquote>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 References links==
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* https://reformfargo.org/▼
== External links ==
▲* https://reformfargo.org/
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