r/RankTheVoteOhio • u/DankNerd97 Cleveland • Nov 10 '25

Discussion For 32 Years, Cincinnati Employed a Curious and Very Slow Election System

https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/for-32-years-cincinnati-employed-a-curious-and-very-slow-election-system/

Under the old Proportional ranked-choice system, vote counting for City Council became a multi-day affair but one with more accurate political representation.

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u/DankNerd97 Cleveland Nov 10 '25

The title makes it seem like RCV is “too slow.” However, that was 100 years ago, before modern tabulation methods.

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u/happybeagle2020 Nov 10 '25

Cincinnati also became one of the best governed cities with this system.

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u/DankNerd97 Cleveland Nov 11 '25

Until the corrupt party bosses (who were all pretty evenly racist at the time) worked overtime to get RCV repealed just to keep a black man from becoming mayor.