On October 29, the Los Angeles City Council decided not to ask the voters (in the spring 2009 city election) if they want to use Instant-Runoff Voting for elections for city offices. Instead the Council created a working group to study how IRV could be implemented if it were approved. That study will probably take six months.
WHY would it take SIX MONTHS to “study” something that is ALREADY WORKING and in effect in San Francisco, and elsewhere? Perhaps the fact that there are primary and general elections in the Spring of 2009 for Mayor, City Offices, and City Council seats?
I think THAT is the reason!