Two Utah cities will forgo a primary this year and hold their general elections in November under a voting method that’s never before been tried in Utah.
Four other municipalities backed out of the project ahead of a final deadline on Monday, so it’s up to Vineyard and Payson to pilot the new system. The two cities experimenting with the new model are both in Utah County, which has faced a number of election-related problems in years past and which Gov. Gary Herbert last year called the “epicenter of dysfunction.”
“We’re a little bit nervous [about ranked-choice voting] if we’re honest,” Payson City Recorder Sara Hubbs told The Salt Lake Tribune on Monday.