A new voting system in Alaska brought more choice, representation and civility, experts say. A bill in Wisconsin would launch it here. | #alaska | #politics
The system is called Final-Five Voting and it would eliminate partisan primaries and enact ranked-choice voting. The Alaska State Capital in Juneau. Photo by Jay Galvin. By Peter Cameron, THE BADGER PROJECT When Alaska ran its elections in 2022, it used a totally new system to vote. Voters had much more choice than the two […]
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A new voting system in Alaska brought more choice, representation and civility, experts say. A bill in Wisconsin would enact the system here. | #alaska | #politics
It’s called Final Five Voting, and it would enact ranked-choice voting and eliminate partisan primaries. By Peter Cameron, THE BADGER PROJECT When Alaska ran its elections in 2022, it used a totally new system to vote. Voters had much more choice than the two candidates they usually get, and experts said the nastiness that has […]
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La Crosse mayor: Community faces challenges ‘well beyond funding’ in caring for rising homeless population
The mayor of La Crosse said the city may be forced to declare a state of emergency to help care for the “vast” number of people who are unsheltered in the community and surrounding areas. The city’s struggle highlights that despite an influx of funding from federal pandemic recovery efforts, Wisconsin communities continue to grapple with […]
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Amazon loses key step in its attempt to reverse its workers’ historic union vote | #elections | #alabama
Amazon appears to be losing its case to unravel the union victory that formed the company’s first organized warehouse in the U.S. After workers in Staten Island, N.Y., voted to join the Amazon Labor Union this spring, the company appealed the result. A federal labor official presided over weeks of hearings on the case and […]
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