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Shannon Grimes

Shannon Grimes is a Researcher with the Sightline Institute's Democracy program, where she focuses on securing electoral reforms in Washington and Oregon. Her prior work includes managing a statewide nutrition incentive (food access) program for a nonprofit in Maine, advancing ranked-choice voting in Washington state, and expanding federal support for caregivers through philanthropy. She has a BA from Bowdoin College and a MPA from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington. Outside of Sightline, you might find her hiking in the mountains, swing dancing, or planning her next cooking project.

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Latest articles

A Magic Boost for Low-Turnout City Elections

Takeaways First-time candidate for Seattle City Council Alexis Mercedes Rinck just got more votes in her 2024 race than the ...
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Oregon Elections Will Continue to Suffer Spoiler Candidates

Current vote totals show that a large majority of Oregon voters chose not to approve Measure 117, which would have established ...
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Portland Voters are Shifting into a Higher Gear

Takeaways By now, many Portlanders have received and opened their ballots to vote in this November’s election. For the first ...
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Ranked Choice Voting Already Passed Its First Test in Oregon

Takeaways Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple. This ...
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Maine’s Lessons in Ranked Choice Voting

Author’s note: I first learned about ranked choice voting when I was living in Midcoast Maine in 2018. That initial glimpse into a different way of voting piqued my interest, and it’s how I became interested in ...
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Five Ways Ranked Choice Voting Could Help Climate Action

Takeaways Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple. A ...
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Reporting on Ranked Choice Voting in Portland’s 2024 Elections

Journalists who have reported on ranked choice voting elections around the United States have identified best practices and common pitfalls in reporting ...
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Ranked Choice Voting Is Simple—Election Laws Are Not

Ranked choice voting is a method that can be implemented in many types of elections across a variety of jurisdictions, depending on local election laws.
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Spoiler Alert! Majority Winners Are No Guarantee

Takeaways Between 2010 and 2022, 31 primary and general elections for federal and statewide offices in Oregon ended without a ...
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On Even-Year Elections, Trust Voters—and Evidence

Takeaways Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google, and Apple. Editor’s ...
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Washingtonians May Get a Democracy Upgrade in 2024

Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google, and Apple. Author’s note: ...
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With Ranked Choice Voting Coming to Washington State, It’s Time to Coordinate Rollout

Takeaways A June 2023 Washington State Supreme Court case specified that ranked choice voting is a remedy for violations of ...
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