Analysis of County Commission Elections in Yakima County, WA

We consider several possible remedies for the exclusion of candidates of choice for minority voters in Yakima’s county commission, including several ways to draw majority-minority districts in a 3-district system. We find that ranked choice voting, rather than the use of majority-minority districts, is likely to provide the most effective and long-lasting opportunity for Hispanic and Native voters to elect their candidates of choice. Download the report here.