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=== Pierce County, 2006–2009 ===
According:''This tosection adapted from the an article on [[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%)an RCVinitiative to implement [[instant-runoff voting]] in November 2006 forto elect 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 RCVinstant-runoff 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 RCVinstant-runoff was marked by controversies about costs. andMatters confusionwere aboutalso complicated by the simultaneousstatewide introductionrestoration of the [[nonpartisan blanket primary|top two election system]] following a 2008 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 On November 3, 2009, voters repealed RCVinstant-runoff.<i><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}}</ref><ref>{{deadCite linkweb|dateurl=Julyhttps://ballotpedia.org/Pierce_County_Ranked_Choice_Voting_Amendment,_2009|title=Pierce 2018County Ranked Choice Voting Amendment, 2009|botwebsite=medic}}{{cbignoreBallotpedia|botlanguage=medicen|access-date=2021-03-19}}</ref></i>▼
 
== Local Options Bill ==▼
▲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 ==
 
The ''Local Options Bill'' (House Bill 1722) seems like an important development.<ref>https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1722.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.theurbanist.org/2020/12/31/lets-implement-ranked-choice-voting-for-seattles-2021-mayoral-election/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/lhvyz9/local_options_bill_ranked_choice_voting_hb1156/</ref>
 
== Advocacy ==
 
* [[FairVote WA]] - the Washington state chapter of [[FairVote]]<ref>https://fairvotewa.org/</ref>
* [[Seattle Approves]] - chapter of [[The Center for Election Science]] forming in mid-2020.
 
== Footnotes ==
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