Oakland voters will pick the city's next mayor in an instant runoff election in November, likely eliminating the June primary, if the City Council agrees tonight to revamp election plans.
Secretary of State Debra Bowen recently approved bids from Oakland, Berkeley and San Leandro for instant runoff elections, similar to San Francisco's. Berkeley and San Leandro are expected to take up the issue in the next few weeks.
The move comes more than three years after Oakland voters approved the switch to instant runoffs as a way to save money. In instant runoffs, also called ranked voting, voters pick their first-, second- and third-choice candidates on a single ballot and the results are processed instantly, until one candidate draws more than 50 percent of the votes cast.
Oakland, Berkeley and San Leandro are the only cities in Alameda County eligible for instant runoffs because they're the only three with city charters requiring winning candidates to receive majority votes.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment