COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia officials are discussing if they should change the voting system from a majority system, which requires candidates to get more than half of the vote to win an election. This ...

People frequently are forced to vote for someone other than their preference, keeping us in a two-party duopoly.

Port Arthur residents again are asking the city council to consider a change from a majority-rules system to instead electing representatives based on a plurality of the votes. Hardner Williams of ...

Tybee Island residents are considering changing their voting system from a plurality system to a majority system. The potential change was prompted by conversations between Mayor Brian West and state ...

There is no question that plurality voting (Alaska’s old voting system, which Ballot Measure 2 would reinstate) is simpler than the new ranked choice system we operate under now. Plurality voting is, ...

COLUMBIA — The city of Columbia is the only municipality in Richland County that uses runoff elections. That could soon change. Columbia uses the majority voting system — meaning that a candidate for ...