U.S. District Court Upholds Tucson’s Hybrid Partisan System for City Council Elections

On May 20, U.S. District Court Judge Cindy Jorgenson upheld Tucson’s hybrid system of elections for city council. Members of each qualified party nominate a candidate for city council, in primaries conducted separately in each of the six wards. Then, in the general election, all the nominees from a particular ward run against each other citywide. The decision is 13 pages and says that the system does not discriminate for or against any voter. Public Integrity Alliance v City of Tucson, 4:15cv-138.


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U.S. District Court Upholds Tucson’s Hybrid Partisan System for City Council Elections — 1 Comment

  1. It is dubious that a city of 500,000 population should be holding at-large elections for city council.

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