On September 9, the California Assesmbly passed SB 212, which lets non-charter cities and counties use ranked choice voting for elections for their own officers. Charter counties and cities can already do that, but most local governments in California do not have charters.

The bill must return to the State Senate because the version that passed in each house is not identical. The Assembly vote was 56-18.

The University of Connecticut student newspaper, The Daily Campus, has this interesting essay in support of ranked choice voting by Matthew Nota.