June 30, 2006

"Oakland voters may yet see ranked picks"

"The City Council's Rules Committee relented Thursday and agreed to consider placing a measure on the November ballot amending the City Charter to allow instant runoff voting.

The powerful Rules Committee, chaired by council President Ignacio De La Fuente (Glenview-Fruitvale), will take up the issue again July 13.

The full council is scheduled to discuss instant runoff voting at its July 18 meeting.

In instant runoff voting, rather than voting for one candidate, a voter ranks three candidates in the order of his or her preference. If the first choice fails to win a majority of votes in the first round of tabulations, votes for a voter's second and then third choices are counted.

The story is here.

Posted by Randy Riddle at June 30, 2006 08:54 AM