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Residents urge supervisors to delay adopting ranked-choice voting, cite confusion and past county voting problems
Summary
Multiple members of the public addressed the Finance and Government Operations Committee to oppose implementing ranked‑choice voting in Santa Clara County, raising concerns about ballot adjudication rates, alleged past failures at the Registrar of Voters and the role of outside lobbyists.
Members of the public urged the Finance and Government Operations Committee on March 18 to pause consideration of adopting ranked‑choice voting (RCV) in Santa Clara County, saying the public lacks understanding of the system and raising concerns about ballot processing and past problems at the Registrar of Voters.
Speakers who opposed RCV included Jean Robert Hobbs; Josephine Kawanami reading for Georgine Scott Kodiga; Sue Bazzini; Chris Novak; Robert (last name not specified); Alice (last name not specified); Brian (Zoom); and Tian/Tian Feng (transcript spelling varies). Their remarks focused on perceived complexity of RCV, alleged high rates of ballot adjudication under the county’s…
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