Judge orders Huntington Beach to add more democracy to its democracy

A judge has ordered Huntington Beach to adopt ranked-choice voting, ruling that the city's current at-large election system dilutes Latino voting power. The change would allow voters to rank candidates by preference rather than selecting just one. According to Boing Boing, the ruling comes after findings that the election structure undermines Latino representation in the coastal California city.

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