Oregon’s current pick-one-winner voting system not only distorts elections by compelling voters to strategically select between the lesser of two evils, but it also hides voter sentiment toward other candidates in the race. The electorate’s nuanced feelings about the field of candidates are flattened to a single choice. Measure 117′s ranked choice voting solves this. With Measure 117, rather than picking only one candidate, you rank the candidates in your order of preference. Your previous black-and-white choice is now a full living color statement of voter intent. And ranked choice voting allows you to vote your conscience without having to worry about wasting your vote.