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#Using top-two approval voting for primary election, with general election for the offices in question ("Yes on Prop 1a")
#Using top-four ranked-choice voting for the primary election ("Yes on Prop 1b")
The ballot is phrased such that voters need to answer two questions. The first question is whether to change the current choose-one top-two primary. The second question is whether to choose "Prop 1a" or "Prop 1b" as the new election method.
Because of the horrible state of journalism, very few people in Seattle truly understands their choices. The local stoner rag endorsed the status quo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Board |first=Stranger Election Control |title=The Stranger's Endorsements for the November 8, 2022, General Election |url=https://www.thestranger.com/elections-2022/2022/10/20/78629342/the-strangers-endorsements-for-the-november-8-2022-general-election |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=The Stranger |language=en}}</ref>▼
== Initiative 134==
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#In the primary election, all candidates for a given office are printed on the ballot. The two candidates approved by the most voters advance to the general election. Using the proposed method, voters would be allowed to mark their ballots with as many candidates as they approve of.
#In the general election, the top-two contenders from the primary election would be printed on the ballot. The candidate receiving the most votes would be elected.
To quote the King County Voters' Guide:<ref name=":0">https://info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/Vote/contests/ballotmeasures.aspx?lang=en-US&cid=100557&groupname=City</ref>
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Proposition 1A (Initiative 134) would allow voters in primary elections for Mayor, City Attorney, and City Council to select on the ballot as many candidates as they approve of for each office. The two candidates receiving the most votes for each office would advance to the general election, consistent with state law. The City would consult with King County to include instructions on the primary ballot such as “vote for AS MANY as you approve of” for each office.
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The system described in Prop 1a is the [[2021 St. Louis mayoral election|same system used in the city of St. Louis in 2021 to elect its mayor]].
The full text of Prop 1a is available as a PDF.<ref>Links to legal language of Prop 1a:
Original: https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/elections/how-to-vote/ballots/whats-on-the-ballot/ballot-measures/202211/city-of-seattle-1A
Archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20221022084626/https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/elections/how-to-vote/ballots/whats-on-the-ballot/ballot-measures/202211/city-of-seattle-1A</ref>
==Prop 1b==
''Proposition 1b'' (or "Prop 1b") calls for the mayor, the city attorney, and the council members from all of the districts to be selected
To quote the King County Voters' Guide:<ref
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As an alternative, the Seattle City Council and Mayor have proposed Proposition 1B (Ordinance 126625), which would allow primary election voters for Mayor, City Attorney, and City Council to rank candidates by preference. In the first round of processing, each voter’s top preference would be counted. The candidate receiving the fewest would be eliminated. Successive rounds of counting would eliminate one candidate each round, counting each voter’s top preference among remaining candidates, until two candidates remain to proceed to the general election. King County would include instructions on the ballot for voters.
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[[FairVote]] lobbied the Seattle City Council to place this measure on the ballot
The full text of Prop 1b is available as a PDF.<ref>Links to legal language of Prop 1b
Original: https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/elections/how-to-vote/ballots/whats-on-the-ballot/ballot-measures/202211/city-of-seattle-1B
Archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20221022084724/https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/elections/how-to-vote/ballots/whats-on-the-ballot/ballot-measures/202211/city-of-seattle-1B</ref>
== Commentary ==
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==Links==
* Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Seattle,_Washington,_Proposition_1A_and_1B,_Approval_Voting_Initiative_and_Ranked-Choice_Voting_Measure_(November_2022)
* King County Voter Guide: https://info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/Vote/contests/ballotmeasures.aspx?lang=en-US&cid=100557&groupname=City Archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20221017083842/https://info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/Vote/contests/ballotmeasures.aspx?lang=en-US&cid=100557&groupname=City
=== References ===
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[[Category:Washington state]]
[[Category:2020s in American politics]]
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