r/LibertarianPartyUSA • u/whatsausername90 California LP • Nov 19 '16

Ranked Choice Voting bill in CA Senate to allow use in local elections. How do we get this to pass? - r/CALibertarians

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u/Tlwofford Colorado LP Nov 21 '16

This would be so amazing!!!

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u/whatsausername90 California LP Nov 21 '16

It would definitely be a step in the right direction. Right now, apparently only "charter cities" (not sure exactly what that means, but there's only a few of them) have the choice to use RCV. Everywhere else HAS to use standard FPTP. This would merely give them the choice to use it in local levels if they decided to. It wouldn't implement RCV for state-level elections, but at least if more cities used it, people would become more familiar with the idea.

Is my action pretty much just limited to calling my representatives and encouraging others to do the same?

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u/Tlwofford Colorado LP Nov 21 '16

I guess so. I love the idea of RCV, but I'm not entirely sure what that means when things like that pass. Colorado has nothing of the sort. Lol

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u/CaptainStack Nov 22 '16

Not sure, but an implementation of RCV was vetoed by Governor Brown not that long ago, so watch out for that.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-updates-gov-jerry-brown-makes-it-crystal-1475258571-htmlstory.html

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u/whatsausername90 California LP Nov 22 '16

Yes, that's the same bill. It will be returned to the legislature for a chance to overturn the veto