St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Overhaul of St. Louis election system passes, residency rule repeal fails”

“City voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved an overhaul of the city election system.

The election measure, requiring candidates for mayor and other offices to run on a nonpartisan basis starting in the upcoming March primary, got more than 68% of the vote in unofficial final returns.

Benjamin Singer, executive director of Show Me Integrity — one of the groups pushing for the change — on Tuesday night called the vote ‘a mandate for a more accountable government that will focus on the issues facing St. Louisans instead of divisive political games.’

Among supporters were Treasurer Tishaura Jones, who finished second to Krewson in the 2017 primary, Recorder of Deeds Michael Butler, and state Sen. Jamilah Nasheed.”

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