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Recent Press Releases

  • Parking mandates are paving over Washington

    Cities have more parking than most residents need—and the excess requirements burden renters, homeowners, and businesses.

    October 1, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Catie Gould, Sightline Institute, catie@sightline.org    FULL REPORT: The State of Parking Mandates in Washington  SEATTLE, WA – One-size-fits-all parking requirements are exacerbating the housing shortage in Washington and writing sprawl into city law.   The [...] Read more »

  • Oregon’s ranked choice voting measure, explained

    Sightline analysis: Ranked choice voting is an election method that helps produce majority-supported winners, fewer spoiler candidates, and friendlier campaigns.

    September 20, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Martina Pansze, Sightline Institute, martina@sightline.org  FULL ARTICLE: What Oregonians Need to Know About Ranked Choice Voting  PORTLAND, OR – A measure on Oregon’s ballot this November, if approved, would switch voting in statewide and federal [...] Read more »

  • Ranked choice voting would fix OR’s spoiler problem 

    Oregon’s past statewide and federal elections are full of spoiler candidates and non-majority winners. 

    June 6, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Shannon Grimes, Sightline Institute, shannon@sightline.org  FULL ARTICLE: Spoiler alert! Majority winners are no guarantee  PORTLAND, OR – Between 2010 and 2022, 31 primary and general elections for federal and statewide offices in Oregon ended without [...] Read more »