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According to [[English Wikipedia]]:<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ranked-choice_voting_in_the_United_States&oldid=1010571987</ref>
:<i>[[wikipedia:Pierce County, Washington|Pierce County]], passed (53%) RCV in November 2006 for most of its county offices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.piercecountywa.org/pc/abtus/ourorg/aud/elections/rcv.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 26, 2008 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109164811/http://www.piercecountywa.org/pc/abtus/ourorg/aud/elections/rcv.htm |archive-date=January 9, 2008 }}</ref> Voters upheld the 2008 implementation timing with a vote of 67% in 2007 and made minor adjustments to the charter language involving ballot access and numbers of rankings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/abtus/ourorg/aud/elections/misc/currentresults.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 27, 2008 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208222430/http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/abtus/ourorg/aud/elections/misc/currentresults.htm |archive-date=February 8, 2008 }}</ref> Seven RCV elections took place on November 4, 2008 and one on November 3, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/abtus/ourorg/aud/elections/RCV/ranked/rcvresults.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 6, 2008 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081108063824/http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/abtus/ourorg/aud/elections/RCV/ranked/rcvresults.htm |archive-date=November 8, 2008 }}</ref> The introduction of RCV was marked by controversies about costs and confusion about the simultaneous introduction of the [[nonpartisan blanket primary|top two election system]] following a Supreme Court ruling that restored it after it passed statewide in 2004, but was struck down by courts in 2005. On November 3, 2009, voters repealed RCV.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/940959.html|title=Voters Changing their Minds on Ranked-Choice|last=Wickert|first=David W.|date=2009-11-09|work=Tacoma News Tribune}}{{dead link|date=July 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref></i>
== Local Options Bill ==
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