In California, only charter cities have the freedom to use Instant-Runoff Voting to elect their own city officers. Davis, California voters voted in 2006 to use IRV, but since Davis is not a charter city, the vote cannot have any effect. But on July 22, the Davis City Council voted to put the question of whether to become a charter city on the November 2008 ballot.
Davis is particularly focused on the proportional voting method of ranked choice voting — e.g., choice voting, a non-winner-take–all voting method.