Charter Committee reflects on election losses and future priorities

| Becca Costello | WVXU |

CINCINNATI, OHIO — Charter Committee convener Steve Goodin says their slate of candidates for City Council, which included himself and four others, focused on local problems and solutions. Looking ahead, Goodin says there’s one issue the Charter Committee is likely to advocate for.

“I think the bulk of our energy in the short term is going to go into looking at putting ranked choice voting back on the ballot,” he said.

Cincinnati had a version of ranked choice voting for about 30 years until 1955. The switch away from that system was, at least in part, an effort to keep a Black man from becoming mayor.