Now, state leaders are starting to take a look at the very system used to select winners.
Election reform advocates have proposed at the Oregon Legislature competing overhauls to how the state conducts its elections, with both plans aiming to expand voter participation and better reflect voters true opinions.
Despite those shared goals, proponents of each measure say the other is not a suitable solution to the problems they see in the current system.
These two paths under consideration are ranked-choice voting and STAR (Score then Automatic Runoff) voting.
Proponents of ranked-choice say it is the only alternative voting system to our current one that has a track record of success in governmental elections around the world.
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