At the April 28 Irvine city council meeting, agenda item 5.2 Ranked Choice Voting Adoption was discussed by the councilmembers. Watch the council meeting video on the RCV agenda item here. The council voted 4-3 to have an ordinance drafted for the use of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) for Irvine mayoral and city council elections […]
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In a decisive move that could help to reshape the future of Irvine’s electoral landscape, the Irvine-based club Democrats of Greater Irvine (DGI) voted last week to officially support the adoption of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) for both Irvine City Council and Mayoral races. The motion passed with a resounding 75% supermajority, signaling a unified […]
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Ranked choice voting (RCV) is a reform that enables voters to rank their preferences for office, preventing an unpopular candidate from emerging as the winner when votes are split among more popular or more similar candidates. Currently, the City of Irvine has a single choice voting system, giving voters just one option when voting for […]
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An official from one of the county political parties once told me that he doesn’t care about voter mandates, and that if a candidate wins with only a minority of votes cast, the voters have in some sense spoken. Sure, I answered him, but how much are we allowing the voters to say? And is […]
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There’s a saying that poses a warning to consumers of media: “if you’re not paying for the product, you’re not the customer; you are the product.” It’s a useful reminder to be wary of your relationship to the powers-that-be in that particular market. If there is a rough political equivalent to it, perhaps it is […]
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Irvine’s City Council election results do not necessarily represent the preferences of the majority of Irvine Voters. Irvine currently has the “plurality” voting system whereby each voter votes for one candidate and the candidate who gets the most votes wins. The winner does not necessarily get the majority of the votes. Irvine has a very […]
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