Ranked Choice Voting

If you vote in Sacramento County, the League of Women Voters is asking the Sacramento City Council and the Board of Supervisors to put Ranked Choice Voting on the ballot next year.

Sign a letter to the City Council or County Board of Supervisors!

Ask them to put Ranked Choice Voting on the ballot next year.
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More information at BetterBallotSacramento.org

We have solid support on the City Council.

Numerous civic organizations joined our coalition…. It is growing fast!

So, your League proposes electing majority winners in ONE higher turn-out electionwith Ranked Choice Voting in November.

No expensive negative runoffs
More representative of the community.
Positive campaigning
Reducing money in politics
No wasted votes
No vote splitting spoilers
better representative government

We can make a positive change right here in our own community by upgrading our election system to Ranked Choice Voting.

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Ranked Choice Voting (RCV click here)

How does RCV work? (video). Sacramento could improve opportunities for more people to run with no expensive and negative runoffs…. and provide a majority winner in one higher turnout November election. Open letter to the Sacramento City Council (Click here)

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