San Leandro goes with ranked-choice voting system - Inside Bay Area

San Leandro goes with ranked-choice voting system - Inside Bay Area:

SAN LEANDRO — After a much-anticipated vote, ranked-choice voting is a go.

At the end of a meeting that pushed toward midnight, the City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday to switch to the new voting system.

The switch means this year's municipal elections for mayor and three City Council seats will be held in November rather than June. The council will hold a special session Feb. 1 to officially change the election date.

Ranked-choice voting — also called instant runoff voting — allows voters to rank three candidates by preference, rather than vote for one and then vote again in a runoff election if a single candidate does not receive 50 percent of the vote as required by the city's charter.

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