DC voters inch toward defying mayor with huge shake-up for elections

A petition calling for ranked choice voting in Washington, D.C. elections has been turned in with over 40,000 signatures, none of which came from Mayor Muriel Bowser, who does not approve of the proposed ballot initiative.

If approved, Initiative 83 will appear on the ballot this fall and voters will decide whether they want ranked choice voting, which ranks candidates by preference, and whether they want to allow registered independents to vote in primaries.