Why change Oakridge elections?:
- Currently, candidates can win office without majority support.
- Oakridge doesn’t have a primary because making candidates run two separate elections just isn't practical, but a single election isn't accurate enough to get consistently representative outcomes.
- Making candidates run two separate elections for an unpaid position wouldn’t make sense, but we can do better.
Measure 20-364 Details:
Oakridge City Council and the Charter Reform Commission have referred a ballot measure to the voters. Measure 20-364 is a pilot project to implement preference voting for mayor and city council elections.
STAR Voting for Oakridge wouldn't cost anything for the city and voters would get to try STAR Voting for three election cycles before voting to adopt it permanently. Oakridge city elections are already nonpartisan and are conducted through a single election in November, This would not change.
Election day is Tuesday, November 5th, 8pm.
Why STAR Voting?
⭐️ More choice. Show your preferences.
⭐️ Empowers voters to vote their conscience by preventing vote-splitting and spoiled elections.
⭐️ One Person, One Vote: Your vote automatically goes to the finalist you prefer.
⭐️ STAR Voting elects majority-preferred winners whenever possible.
⭐️ No cost to Oakridge: Measure goes into effect once funding is secured from the state and non profit sources.
How does STAR Voting Work?
STAR stands for Score Then Automatic Runoff and that's exactly how it works:
Scoring Round: voters score candidates from 0-5 stars. The two highest scoring candidates are finalists.
Automatic Runoff: your full vote automatically goes to the finalist you prefer. The finalist with the most votes wins.
Deep Dive:
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What's wrong with the current system?
Our current system works fine if there are only two candidates in the election but it breaks down in more competitive elections.
Learn more here.
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Comparing the options:
STAR Voting was invented to go further to deliver on the goals of the Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) movement while addressing serious known issues with the older RCV proposal.
Learn more about alternative voting methods here.
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Read the peer review on STAR Voting:
STAR Voting has topped the charts in multiple peer reviewed studies and expert analysis comparing voting methods. In particular, it dramatically outperforms Ranked Choice Voting.
- Peer Review: Candidate incentive distributions: How voting methods shape electoral incentives
- Peer Review: STAR Voting, Equality of Voice, and Voter Satisfaction: Considerations for Voting Reform
- An overview of expert analysis on voting methods: Election Accuracy by Voting Method