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Lane County, Oregon, Measure 20-290, Score Then Automatic Runoff Voting Method (November 2018)
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| Measure 20-290: Lane County STAR Voting Method |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 6, 2018 |
| Status: |
 Defeated
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| Topic: |
| Local electoral systems |
| Related articles |
| Local electoral systems on the ballot November 6, 2018 ballot measures in Oregon Lane County, Oregon ballot measures |
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| Lane County, Oregon |
A citizen initiative to change the voting method for nonpartisan elections was on the ballot for voters in Lane County, Oregon, on November 6, 2018. It was defeated.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of amending the Lane County charter to implement the Score Then Automatic Runoff (STAR) voting method for all candidates for county office. The amendment would eliminate primary elections for county office and use the STAR voting method at the November general election. |
| A no vote was a vote against amending the Lane County charter to implement the Score Then Automatic Runoff (STAR) voting method for all candidates for county office. The amendment would eliminate primary elections for county office and use the STAR voting method at the November general election. |
Election results
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Lane County Measure 20-290 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 75,807 | 47.60% | ||
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83,450 | 52.40% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | Shall Lane County amend Charter to adopt "Score Then Automatic Runoff" method for counting candidate votes in local office races?[2] | ” |
Summary
The summary of the measure was as follows:[1]
| “ | Passage of measure will amend Lane County Charter to implement Score Then Automatic Runoff (STAR) method of tallying votes for all candidates for county office, and maintain nonpartisan nature of local elections.The amendment eliminates primary elections for county officers and requires STAR voting at the November general election. The STAR method directs elector to score each candidate appearing on the ballot using a scale of zero to five, with zero the lowest score and five the highest score. For each office the sum total scores for each candidate shall be tallied. For the two candidates achieving the highest scores ballots will be tallied as follows: Each elector's ballot shall be considered as cast for a particular candidate receiving the highest score. If an elector gives each candidate the same score the ballot will not count for either candidate. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes will be the winner.The amendment includes Board authority to establish rules administration of STAR system and rules for a tie-vote.[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a successful initiative petition campaign.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lane County, "Voters’ Pamphlet," accessed October 23, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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