California Assemblymember Mike Davis has introduced AB 1121. It lets 10 general law cities or counties use Instant Runoff Voting for their own local elections. The bill doesn’t specify which 10 jurisdictions would be included. Under the California Constitution, charter cities and counties don’t need state permission to use IRV for their own local elections, but general law cities and counties can’t use IRV unless this bill, or something similar, is passed. A somewhat similar bill made considerable headway two years ago in California.
We’ll add that to our monitoring list. It’s a step in the right direction.