The local Park Record has a story here.
Here is a 2023 blog post on a “downward cascade” process in that year’s election results.
I wrote about this system in a 2021 article, which also covered its historical use in Australia and similar rules at other times in the U.S.
McCune et al. (2024) have an interesting article using the block-preferential (or “sequential”) procedure to show how it would change observed results under Scottish STV.
One alternative to outright repeal would be to replace the system with a “bottom-up” RCV allocation. The issue in Utah has been multiseat districts, which formerly were combined with runoffs.