Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.
On April 19, the California Senate Elections Committee passed SB 1288, which lets all California cities use Instant Runoff Voting for their own City elections if they wish.
SB 1288 now goes to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill is sponsored by Senator Mark Leno.
Currently, only Charter Cities have that freedom.
On the Central Coast there are four Charter Cities. In the north are Monterey and to the south Ventura, then the Cities of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara in between. All other Incorporated Communities are General Law Cities
There are 481 General Law Cities and 86 Charter Cities in the State.
The bill received “Aye” votes from three Democrats on the Committee, Ben Allen, Loni Hancock, and Robert Hertzberg.
The lone Republican member, Joel Anderson, voted “No”, and the remaining Democrat, Carol Liu, did not vote even though she was present.
In California, Legislators who abstain have the same effect as if they had voted “No”.
CLICK HERE to read the bill.
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