How ranked-choice voting helped the County Board primary results reflect a divided electorate
Ranked-choice voting may have helped voters nominate a "split" Democratic ticket for Arlington County Board -- at least when it comes to Missing Middle.
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Ranked-choice voting may have helped voters nominate a "split" Democratic ticket for Arlington County Board -- at least when it comes to Missing Middle.
Officially, the results are preliminary, but it appears that Maureen Coffey and Susan Cunningham will be the Democratic nominees for County Board. Arlington election officials this afternoon tabulated the results from early voting, primary day voting, and mail-in ballots received since, leaving Coffey and Cunningham on top of the six-way race for two open seats.
The Democratic primary has come and gone and, while the County Board results have yet to be tabulated, Tuesday was largely a victory for incumbent and incumbent-endorsed candidates. The implication is that a majority of voters -- at least Democratic primary voters -- are largely satisfied with the way things are going in Arlington. Of
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