MORE ON: ranked-choice voting

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Critics aim to end ranked-choice voting after SF mayoral race

November 15, 2011, 12:05 AM
Ranked-choice voting was the cure for what ails American politics, boosters said. Now in use in four California cities, this new voting system was supposed to increase voter turnout, stanch the flow of special interest money and encourage high-minded, positive campaigns. But it didn... + read more
This sample ranked-choice ballot has three columns to indicate a voter's priority.
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Despite setbacks, critic of ranked-choice voting persists

May 27, 2011, 12:05 AM
San Francisco businessman Ron Dudum blames the city’s system of ranked-choice voting for his narrow loss in a Board of Supervisors election – to a candidate he calls "a crook," no less. Gallingly, the winner of that 2006 campaign, Ed Jew, didn’t even live in San... + read more
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Report: Recounts rarely impact state elections

May 3, 2011, 12:05 AM
Between 2000 and 2009, recounts in state elections were extremely uncommon and rarely resulted in reversals when they did happen, according to a new study [PDF] by the Center for Voting and Democracy. Out of 2,884 statewide general elections there were 18 recounts, only three of which resulted... + read more
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After losing, politician rethinks ranked-choice voting

December 8, 2010, 12:05 AM
San Leandro Mayor Tony Santos was a big booster of ranked-choice voting, the controversial new system for conducting local elections in California. But after losing re-election by 232 votes in the sixth round of a computerized instant runoff, Santos says he realized, too late, that ranked-... + read more
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Money from A’s owner may have cost Perata

November 24, 2010, 12:05 AM
The winner and the loser had the same take on the year’s biggest local election shocker. Oakland’s new system of ranked-choice voting, with its so-called “instant runoff” feature, made it possible for city council member Jean Quan to win the mayor's race against her... + read more
The ranked-choice ballot has three columns to indicate a voter's priority.
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Ranked-choice voting complaints mount

November 22, 2010, 12:05 AM
There’s nothing like losing a ranked-choice voting election to sour a politician on this new system for conducting local elections in California. That’s certainly true of former state Senate leader Don Perata, who claims he easily would have been elected mayor of Oakland in a... + read more
The ranked-choice ballot has three columns to indicate a voter's priority.
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Confusion about Oakland’s voting system may have affected election

November 8, 2010, 11:06 PM
One out of every 10 Oakland voters showed signs of confusion about how to vote for mayor using the city’s new ranked-choice voting procedure, according to a computer analysis of returns obtained by California Watch. The confusion was so great that it may have flipped the final results of... + read more
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Ranked-choice voting complicates elections

October 27, 2010, 12:05 AM
To proponents, ranked-choice voting is the wave of the future in local elections in California. Next week it’s going to come crashing down on voters in Oakland, Berkeley and San Leandro, adding new elements of complexity to a ballot that’s already long and involved. Ranked-... + read more
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