NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF BALLOT TITLE for STAR VOTING 2024

Notice is hereby given that a ballot title for a measure has been filed with the City Recorder as the City Elections Officer of the City of Oakridge on August 14, 2024, for inclusion in the November 5, 2024 General Election.

The ballot title caption is: Allow voters to show preferences between candidates for city elections

An elector may file a petition for review of this ballot title in the Lane County Circuit Court not later than the seventh business day after the title is filed with the City Elections Officer, deadline of August 23, 2024 at 5:00pm. A petitioning elector must then also notify the City Elections Officer by 5pm the next business day after filing a petition for review wit the Lane County Circuit Court.

NOTICE OF CITY MEASURE ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, an election will be held within the City of Oakridge, Oregon. The election will be conducted by mail. The following shall be the ballot title of the measure to be submitted to the city’s voters on this date:

CAPTION:  Allow voters to show preferences between candidates for city elections

QUESTION:  Shall Oakridge allow voters to show preferences between candidates for city

elections?

SUMMARY:

The Oakridge City Council and Charter Review Subcommittee referred this measure to implement STAR (Score Then Automatic Runoff) Voting for Oakridge municipal elections for 3 election cycles, at no cost to city.

Currently, candidates for city council and mayor do not need a majority to win.

If adopted, STAR Voting would allow voters to show preferences by scoring all candidates from 5-stars (best) to 0-stars (worst).  Candidates left blank receive 0.

Ballots are then counted in two rounds:

1) Scoring Round: Ballots are tallied and the two top scoring candidates advance as finalists.

2) Automatic Runoff Round: One person, one vote. Each voter’s full vote automatically goes to the finalist they preferred (scored higher). The finalist with the most votes wins.

For transparency, full election results and anonymous ballot data will be released for independent review.  This pilot project would last three election cycles (2026, 2028, 2030).  Then voters would vote on a Charter amendment to decide if Oakridge should use STAR Voting permanently.

 

Dated this 14^th day of August, 2024

Jackie Taylor, Oakridge City Recorder & Elections Officer