OPINION: 'We Tucson Democrats must make the difficult choice to change at the expense of permanent power,' writes Tucsonan Jim Sinex.
It seems like our Republican-led state Legislature has set its sights on city charters as a means of shutting down Tucson’s City Charter. This is a time-honored tactic of our state’s GOP, as they always seem to need an enemy and Tucson seems to be a pleasurable whipping boy.
People are also reading… Cutting to the chase, the strategy worked, and Arizona public education suffered.We elect our city council with an at-large system. This means primaries are held within a ward, and general elections are held citywide. Simply put, this allows the majority to select representation for the minority. This practice was implemented in Tucson in 1929 and can easily be considered a Jim Crow law of the time.
We can do better, or we can at least try. Multi-seat elections would add a fair chance at a seat on the council and preserve that “citywide” idea. Ranked Choice Voting would enhance minority input while it ensured a majority outcome, something not required currently. There are a host of better ideas to consider if we have the courage to make the attempt. Perhaps a task force with the ability to put a proposal before the electorate in the next mayoral election would be prudent.
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