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Santa Clara County committee receives ranked-choice voting report, will send to full board after Sept. 30
Summary
The Finance & Government Operations Committee received an informational report from the Registrar of Voters on ranked‑choice voting implementation and voted to forward the report to the full Board of Supervisors for consideration after Sept. 30, 2025, citing remaining policy questions and county fiscal uncertainty.
The Santa Clara County Finance & Government Operations Committee on April 15 received an informational report from the acting Registrar of Voters on what it would take to implement ranked‑choice voting (RCV) for county offices and voted to forward the item to the full Board of Supervisors for consideration after Sept. 30, 2025.
The presentation, delivered by Matt Morales, acting registrar of voters, summarized a proposed implementation timeline aimed at a November 2028 rollout, preliminary cost estimates that separate fixed, variable and discretionary (voter‑education) costs, and a list of policy questions administration said the board would need to resolve before implementation. Morales said the report “attempts to remain neutral on RCV as a policy question, and instead focuses on providing an informational report on what it would take for the county to successfully…
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