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Rules Committee sends competing charter measures on ranked‑choice voting and election consolidation to full board after lengthy public comment

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee · February 2, 2012
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Summary

The committee heard competing charter amendments to repeal ranked‑choice voting and to consolidate city elections; the Controller provided fiscal estimates and the panel forwarded both measures to the full Board of Supervisors without recommendation.

The Rules Committee on Feb. 2 examined two competing charter amendments on how San Francisco conducts municipal elections and how to implement ranked‑choice voting (RCV).

Controller Peg Stevenson presented fiscal analyses comparing the options. The office estimated that eliminating RCV could save about $660,000 in direct costs associated with RCV implementation, but adding a runoff election would add about $3.3 million in variable election costs — yielding a net…

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