The initiative would also allow voters unaffiliated with a political party to participate in primary elections.
A previous version of this article incorrectly quoted local activist Renee L. Bowser as telling the Board of Elections that she was worried about the impact of ranked-choice voting on vulnerable voters. She did not tell the board this. The article has been corrected with her accurate comments to the board.that would bring ranked-choice voting to D.C.
In a ranked-choice system, voters would be allowed to rank candidates in order of preference . After the first round of vote tabulating, if one candidate has not secured at least 50 percent of the vote, a second round of counting begins. The lowest-performing candidate would be eliminated, and among voters who picked that candidate as their No. 1 choice, their votes would instead go to their No. 2 candidate. The process continues until one candidate crosses the 50 percent threshold.
Gary Thompson, chairman of the Board of Elections, said he did not find that the ranked-choice initiative violated the Constitution, D.C. Human Rights Acts or the D.C. charter — but as for the “wisdom” of ranked-choice voting: “This vote is to simply let the voters make that decision,” he said. While the general counsel for the council didn’t think that adjustment met the letter of the law, the D.C. Attorney General’s Office believed it did — and so did the board. Thompson said he found Sandler’s argument persuasive. “It remains the completely independent decision of the D.C. Council if this passes, as to whether or not they would appropriate funds to implement it. That will remain completely within their discretion,” Thompson said.
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