Eugene voters reject STAR Voting proposal

Eugene voters have rejected a proposal for a new rating-based election system.

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I'm surprised it lost so soundly, it was a 2:1 margin.

I don't think star voting is perfect, but it's clearly better than the plurality voting we use now.
- Most interesting theory I've heard yet is that they shot themselves in the foot by putting it on a primary election. Primary voters tend to be partisans who are fine with the 2 party farcewe have now.
- That's exactly how I felt. I thought it was a step in the right direction. Oh well.
Sad to see this measure lose. IMO the Star Voting people didn't do nearly enough outreach or public education on this, and the people they did have doing it we're not doing a great job. STAR is clearly superior to our current system regardless of your political leanings. I saw many common and easy to clear up misconceptions from people.
- Agreed. I'm not convinced STAR is perfect, but our current system definitely isn't.