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Fixing an error in my recollection. Spokane may have implemented Coombs' method at one point
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The history of electoral reform in Washington state goes back many years. Someone should write something about it. Here's what [[User:RobLa]] recalls off the top of his head:
 
* 1920s - A systems sometimes called the "Spokane method" (but similar to [[BucklinCoombs' votingmethod]]) was implemented, and then dropped.<ref>http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com//1996-March/065497.html</ref>
* 1990s - The ''Washington Citizens for Proportional Representation'' was formed. This group has since been renamed to [[FairVote WA]]
* 2020s - [[Seattle Approves]] is formed
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