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As the national battle over congressional district lines proves, how the election system is designed makes a difference in the outcome. Denver’s city council in recent years has lurched to the political left partially because the city’s at-large city council election procedure allowed candidates representing marginal views to win a seat with as little as 16 percent of the vote due to the lack of a runoff. The process was largely inherited from usual circumstances and court cases since the 1970s.
Long-term Denver City Councilperson Kevin Flynn, a Democratic political moderate, proposed a fix. He got a divided council to place it on the ballot and won on November 4th with 55 percent of the vote. Flynn believes candidates regardless of views should have at least half of the electorate supporting them in the final vote.
Congratulations, Kevin
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