Show Me Integrity
Show Me Integrity is an organization in Missouri which promotes approval voting (and to a lesser extent, ranked-choice voting).[1][2]
Electoral reform[edit | edit source]
Quoting their website:[3]
In 2022, Show Me Integrity still had promotional material for approval voting on their website, though they also appear to be in support of ranked-choice voting:[2]We support reforming our broken elections through innovative voting systems in order to focus elections on issues -- not divisive, partisan attacks.
- Gathered 20,000 signatures to put STL Approves’ Proposition D for Democracy reform onto the St. Louis City ballot, which passed in the 2020 election with 68% of the vote.
- Educated voters about the approval voting process in St. Louis City, and successfully had the first city election with approval voting in March 2021.
In 2020, St. Louisans passed Proposition D with over 68% of support, instituting approval voting in St. Louis. In St. Louis City, approval voting means that voters mark all the candidates they approve of in the primary election, and the top-two candidates with the most support advance to the run-off in the general election. St. Louis City had their first election under the new system on March 2, 2021, and the first run-off under this system on April 6, 2021 - and the community support has been overwhelming. As a result of this new system, St. Louis elected a new mayor and new Alderpersons, who now have a strong mandate to lead and won with a majority of support.What's quoted above appears to be the current position of Show Me Integrity in 2022.[4]
Footnotes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Barker, Jacob (Mar 10, 2019). "With the St. Louis mayor and board president chosen by fewer than 40 percent of voters, activists try to change voting rules". stltoday.com. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ↑ a b "Pass Approval & Ranked-Choice Voting". Show Me Integrity. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
- ↑ (This link doesn't work in 2022: https://showmeintegrity.org/ourimpact)
- ↑ "Save Proposition D from being repealed by the Board of Aldermen!". actionnetwork.org. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
Links[edit | edit source]
- Show Me Integrity main website: https://showmeintegrity.org