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Sound it Out: Listeners sound off on ranked choice and approval voting

caption: KUOW letters are shown before "That's Debatable: The Homelessness Crisis is Killing Seattle" on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, as the sun sets at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute in Seattle.
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KUOW letters are shown before "That's Debatable: The Homelessness Crisis is Killing Seattle" on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, as the sun sets at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute in Seattle.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer

One of our primary missions for Soundside is to make sure you're not just hearing us when you listen.

You're hearing yourself, too. Your questions, your thoughts — because you're our neighbors, you're the folks we make this for.

So, as often as possible we take a moment to go through your feedback, and dig a little deeper into the stories that resonated with you, or left you with more questions.

Last week we dove into one of two potential changes to Seattle's voting system that will be on the ballot this November.

Approval voting promises simplicity, but can it deliver?

You can hear the full story here or by hitting play below.

Soundside 20220822 Approval Voting

The promises and pitfalls of ranked choice voting

We've also covered the other option — ranked choice voting. And listeners had a lot of thoughts.

You can hear the full story here or by hitting play below.

Soundside 20220810 Rankedchoice

Thank you to everyone who reached out to share your thoughts, critiques, and suggestions. You can always send your feedback to soundside@kuow.org

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