Duggan supports ranked choice voting initiative in Michigan • Michigan Advance

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Feb 6
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| Andrew Roth | Michigan Advance |

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said Thursday he supports a ballot initiative to bring ranked choice voting to Michigan.

Apparently, I was ahead of my time

Duggan, who addressed the Lansing Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, said he wrote his senior thesis in 1980 on why presidential primaries should be conducted using ranked choice voting.

“Apparently, I was ahead of my time,” Duggan said.

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