New Mexico Supreme Court Upholds Ranked Choice Voting
January 09, 2018
January 09, 2018
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 9 -- FairVote issued the following news release:
Almost ten years after voters approved ranked choice voting by a landslide margin, Santa Fe voters will be able to elect their mayor and city council with the system in March. The City of Santa Fe's emergency petition was denied by a unanimous New Mexico Supreme Court, thus upholding Santa Fe District Judge David Thomson's order in November finding that the city must uphold its charter and that ran . . .
Almost ten years after voters approved ranked choice voting by a landslide margin, Santa Fe voters will be able to elect their mayor and city council with the system in March. The City of Santa Fe's emergency petition was denied by a unanimous New Mexico Supreme Court, thus upholding Santa Fe District Judge David Thomson's order in November finding that the city must uphold its charter and that ran . . .
