Green
Party of California
General Assembly
September 26th-27th, 2007
San Francisco
Proposal
for GPCA General Assembly, May 26th-27th, 2006
Subject: Endorse
AB 1294
Sponsor: Electoral
Reform Working Group
Presenter: Jonathan Lundell, jlundell
at pobox.com, 650.726.1949
Subject: Endorse
AB 1294, introduced by Assembly Members Gene Mullin and Mark Leno. Allows
city, county or district to use ranked voting
for elections.
Background and Purpose: The
Green Party of California supports implementation of ranked voting.
AB 1294 introduced by Assembly Members Gene Mullin and Mark Leno provides
the constitutional legalities to allow any city, county or district
to institute ranked voting for elections.
AB 1294 would provide that,
notwithstanding any provision of law, a city, county, or district may conduct
a local election
using ranked voting. This bill would specify the ranked voting method as it applies
to both a single-candidate election
and a multiple-candidate election.
Link to full text of AB 1294: www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1251-1300/ab_1294_bill_20070223_introduced.html
Proposal: Endorse AB 1294 (Approval Threshold - any
proposal that receives any objection shall be removed from the consent
calendar before approval as per GPCA Bylaw 5-8.11)
Committee Decision: Consensus
Time Line: Immediate Endorsement
Resources: Press Release. Electoral Reform Working Group budgeted
monies for travel to testify at committee hearings in Sacramento
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