California Legislature Passes Bill Letting All Cities and Counties Use Instant Runoff Voting for Their Own Elections

On August 18, the California Assembly passed SB 1288, letting all cities and counties use instant runoff voting for elections for their own officers. The vote was 48-26. The bill must now return to the State Senate, because the Assembly had amended the bill slightly. Six Democrats in the Assembly voted “no”; five Republicans voted “yes.” In the past, Republicans in the California legislature had been uniformly hostile to IRV, so the support from a few Republican legislators is a surprise.

Under current law, only charter cities and charter counties can use IRV. Thanks to Steve Chessin for this news.


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California Legislature Passes Bill Letting All Cities and Counties Use Instant Runoff Voting for Their Own Elections — 1 Comment

  1. IRV IGNORES most of the data in a Number Votes Table —
    The Middle is divided as usual.
    34 AMZ
    33 ZMA
    16 MAZ
    16 MZA
    99
    With IRV, M loses, A beats Z 50 to 49.
    Number Votes Table
    — 1 — 2 — 3 — Total (T)
    A 34 — 16 — 49 — 99
    M 32 — 67 — 0 — 99
    Z 33 — 16 — 50 — 99
    T 99 — 99 — 99

    The IRV FANATIC math M-O-R-O-N-S love to ignore the 67 votes for M in second place
    — i.e. M is the compromise *middle* choice.

    I.E. IRV W-I-L-L elect even more extremists who WILL claim a mighty mandate from Hell to do whatever.
    
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Remedies – P.R. (legislative bodies) and NONPARTISAN Approval Voting (elected executive officers and all judges).
    — pending Number Votes with Head to Head (Condorcet) math and an App.V. or added place votes tiebreaker.

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