Preparing Portlanders for Ranked-Choice Voting

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Two people walk off a bus with ballots in their hands.
The City of Portland’s voter education efforts are in full swing! Here is a recap of our voter education events so far and a sneak peek of our future campaigns.
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Voter Education by the Numbers (and photos)

  • 636 people talked to the voter education team about ranked-choice voting at Portland Pride
  • 414 people participated in a mock election with Bike Portland at Bike Happy Hour
  • 340+ people identified which district they lived in at one of our tabling events 
  • 6000 mock ballots were counted by our team during Multnomah County’s mock hand count
  • 100+ community presentations given by the Government Transition Advisory Committee  
Pride fest celebrity host at Rank Your Vote booth

One of the Portland Pride hosts, Khadijah Diamond, took a photo with our ballot and reminded event goers of the importance of voting. Government Transition Advisory Committee members tabled at Montavilla Street Fair and other Summer Free for All events.

5 people discussing voter education at festival booth in Portland

Over 1,500 Portlanders participated in a mock election already! Join in on the fun and check out our latest mock election at Portland.Gov/RCV.

(left) 2 people showing child a poster map of Portland Voting districts. (right) 3 people working at Multnomah Elections Division's test hand count for ranked-choice voting.

City of Portland employees joined national ranked-choice voting experts and county officials to participate in a mock hand count. Read all about it on Multnomah County’s website. 

We still have more voter education events coming up! Join us at the Jade International Night Market on Aug. 10 and take part in our mock election, where we’ll rank the treats we’re most excited to try at the market. The City Auditor’s Office will host a mock election at the Portland Soapbox Derby on Saturday, Aug. 17 to pick Crowd Favorite and Best Helmet.

View our full calendar of events
 

Voter Education Town Halls

We also have four opportunities for Portlanders to join us for a ranked-choice voting presentation and take part in a live mock election. These four community town halls will have Spanish translation and American Sign Language interpretation, and there will be two in-person and two virtual options to ensure everyone can participate. 

Next stop: ranked-choice voting

This fall, the City of Portland Elections Office and Multnomah County are placing ads on buses and in movie theaters around the city. Hop on and learn how to fill in your ballot with us!  

Two people walk off the bus with ballots in hand. On the right hand side it says: This November, you can rank candidates in order of preference on your ballot.
A pink flyer explains how to fill in your ballot.

Don’t forget to look up! This ad which explains how to fill in your ballot will be featured on the inside roof of the bus.  

If you’re still unsure about how ranked-choice voting works, check out this video created by Multnomah County. It goes into detail on how single-winner tabulation will work.

More Information

Learn more about ranked-choice voting and participate in a mock election at Portland.Gov/RCV

Find all our printed materials and other helpful videos at Portland.Gov/Vote/Resources

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