OC Judge Orders Huntington Beach to Switch to a New Election System

OC Judge Orders Huntington Beach to Switch to a New Election System

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Judge orders Huntington Beach to add more democracy to its democracy

A judge has ordered Huntington Beach to adopt ranked-choice voting after finding that the city's at-large elections diluted Latino voting power, which means Surf City's latest culture-war adventure may end with voters being allowed to rank candidates instead of just picking one. — Read the rest The post Judge orders Huntington Beach to add more democracy to its democracy appeared first on Boing Boing.

Court Orders Surf City to Use RCV – The Liberal OC

Labor & Management Building Bridges   For years, Huntington Beach’s conservative majority has insisted that the city’s at-large election system was just fine. Now a Superior Court judge has ruled otherwise. Orange County Superior Court Judge Craig Griffin has ordered Huntington Beach to abandon its current election system and move to ranked-choice voting (RCV), a decision that stems from a years-long California Voting Rights Act lawsuit brought …