STAR Voting 6/10/2020 City Council Work Session

STAR Voting June 10, 2020

May:

. Voters cast their vote for one candidate Eric Abby 1% Current 4% Eugene . If a candidate receives a majority of the DeAndre 14% votes in the May primary, only that Carmen Primary candidate will appear on the November 37% Election general election ballot Ben . If no candidate receives a majority of votes, 44% the two candidates receiving the highest numbers of votes will appear on the November general election ballot

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November:

Current Eugene . Voters cast their vote for one candidate Ben General Carmen 41% Election 59% . The candidate who receives a majority of the votes is elected

November (Step 1: Score)

STAR Eugene General Election Only

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November (Step 2: Automatic Runoff)

STAR Eugene General Election Only

. Cost Considerations . Education & Outreach

. Implementation Timeline

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Assuming STAR Implementation in Eugene Only: New . Develop and purchase new ballot and tabulation system (in addition to current system for other local jurisdiction elections) STAR . Testing and certification by independent, non-partisan lab Cost . Software subscription costs (annual maintenance fee) . Education and outreach for Eugene voters and candidates

Current . May primary and November general election voters’ pamphlets for city-referred measures

. Pre-election outreach to voters . Candidate education STAR . Printed and online instructions Education . Accessibility and equity & Outreach . Special instructions: ballot may contain mix of STAR Voting and traditional voting interfaces

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Eugene STAR Implementation (if measure passes)  November 23 Deadline for certification of election results

 Enact Charter amendment STAR  Begin Code change process to bring into compliance with new law (EC 2.966) Timeline  Public hearing and action on code amendments  Begin working with software provider on new ballot, tabulation, & verification system  Testing and certification by independent, non-partisan lab  Testing and certification process by State of Oregon for compliance and integration with state law  Candidate and voter education and outreach prior to utilization of new system

 Summary: Cost, Education & Outreach, Implementation Timeline

 Option 1: Return to Council with a resolution referring to the November 3, 2020, ballot the STAR voting proposed charter amendment Summary  Option 2: Make changes to proposed Charter amendment and then return & Options to Council with a resolution referring to the November 3, 2020, ballot the modified charter amendment.

 Option 3: Return to Council for a subsequent work session with additional information

 Option 4: No action at this time

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