Its time! Contact Council members to get Ranked Choice Voting on the ballot
Rachel MacNair
Friends –
We’ve had positive response from the majority of the Kansas City MO City Council when explaining Ranked Choice Voting, and no negative response. They’ll likely vote yes if it comes up. But how will it come up? Answer: when they know the public is pushing for it.
We’ve been asked a
lot about doing a petition drive to get it on the ballot. It has to go on the
ballot no matter what; it’s a Charter change. If we have to do a petition
drive, we will. But it’s a huge amount of energy, expense and time. We could
save so much time if the Council would just put it on the ballot themselves.
And that would also give it more credibility for many voters.
Please contact
Council members now, and encourage your friends to do the same. Send out the
word through the organizations you belong to. Mention it in your social media. People
in Kansas and otherwise outside KC, remember that if KCMO gets RCV, the chance
your locale will as well shoots up, so it’s in your interest to get your KCMO
friends to make the contacts.
I attach a
document with talking points plus details on how to contact each Council
member. I also include the contact info below my signature.
Districts
Kansas City MO has 6
districts. Each district has one representative voted on by people in that
district only, plus one at-large representative voted on by the whole city.
Here’s a link to find
your district. Please contact at least the two members in your own
district. If you get more ambitious, contact the at-large members in the other
districts.
Thanks so much,
Rachel MacNair
for Better Ballot KC
1st District: Heather Hall
Phone: 816-513-6505
E-mail: heathe...@kcmo.org heathe...@kcmo.org
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/Hall1stDistrict
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heather.hall.9615566
1st District-at-Large: Kevin O'Neill
Phone: 816-513-6503
E-mail: Kevin....@kcmo.org
2nd District: Dan Fowler
Phone: 816-513-6509
Mail: Councilman Dan Fowler, City of Kansas City, MO, 414 E. 12th Street, 22nd Floor, Kansas City MO 64106
2nd District at-Large: Teresa Loar
Phone: 816-513-6507
E-mail: Teres...@kcmo.org
3rd District: Melissa Robinson
Phone: (816) 513-6513
E-mail: Melissa....@kcmo.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robinson4kc/status/1410958090275590144
3rd District At-Large: Brandon Ellington
Phone: 816-513-6511
E-mail: Brandon....@kcmo.org
4th District: Eric
Bunch
Phone:
816-513-6517
E-mail: Eric....@kcmo.org
4th District at-large: Katheryn Shields
Phone: 816-513-6515
E-mail: katheryn...@kmo.org
Postal: City Hall, 414. E. 12th St., Kansas City, MO 64106
Contact form: https://www.kcmo.gov/city-hall/city-officials/city-council-members/councilwoman-katheryn-shields/contact-councilwoman-shields
5th District: Ryana Parks-Shaw
Phone: 816-513-6521
E-mail: Angela....@kcmo.org
5th District at-Large: Lee Barnes, Jr.
Phone:
816-513-6519
Postal: City Hall, 22nd floor, 414 E
12th St., Kansas City, MO 64106
E-mail: Keema...@kcmo.org (legislative aide)
Kevin McManus: 6th District
Phone: 816-513-6525
E-mail: fred.w...@kcmo.org (legislative aide)
Postal: City Hall, 22nd floor, 414 E. 12th St. Kansas City, MO 64106
6th District At-Large: Andrea Bough
Phone: 816-513-6523
E-mail: Katrina...@kcmo.org (legislative aide)
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