Charter School: Follow that vote! Rose City Reform digs into the portion of single transferable vote that's most puzzling to voters: Vote transfers.

Voters should know not only how to vote, but how their votes will be counted. This article says Portland’s proposed system is “vague” because “We don’t actually know the specifics of how vote transfers would work in Portland. Single transferable vote can vary between jurisdictions, and when new voting methods get adopted, the real nitty-gritty gets worked out after adoption.”

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