L.A. County to Study Instant Runoff Voting

The Los Angeles County supervisors voted today to study whether the county can save time and money by using Instant Runoff Voting (IRV). With today’s vote, the county joins the city of Los Angeles, as well as San Jose, Pasadena and Long Beach, as jurisdictions that are looking at IRV as a solution for expensive, no show elections. The supervisors unanimously approved the motion by Mark Ridley-Thomas to study IRV, which earned the support of the California-based Courage Campaign.

Oakland and Berkeley, which have previously approved the use of IRV, will begin using this innovative electoral method in 2010.