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Cast Your Vote
Candidates for Salt Lake City Council weigh in on housing, crime, fighting back against the state and billion-dollar development deals.
Before we get to the 2025 candidates for Salt Lake City Council, let's pour one out for ranked-choice voting. Since 2021, Salt Lakers have been spared the rancor and taxpayer expense of a municipal primary election, with all candidates instead placed on the November ballot and with voters asked to rank them in order of preference.
This method of candidate selection was new for Utah when lawmakers made it optional in a pilot program, which expires next year. Since then, the GOP supermajority has made clear that they hate RCV with the heat of 1,000 suns.
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