Alameda County Registrar of Voters' Dave Macdonald will lead an online “webinar’’ at 3 p.m. TODAY, Oct. 8, to help voters understand Ranked-Choice Voting, which is being used for the first time in the county on Nov. 2 for elections in Berkeley, Oakland and San Leandro.

As you all know, the City of Oakland recently converted the Limited Public Financing Fund into a $225,000 for instant-runoff voting (IRV) education for Asian, African American and Latino voters.

On Tuesday, Oakland's City Council finally voted to start using Instant Runoff Voting (IRV).  This means that Oakland will no longer have June Primary Elections for local elected officials, but rather a ranked choice election of candidates, including Mayor, in November.  Various governmental and community groups will work together starting Spring 2010 to educate voters about the chang

Implementing instant runoff voting (IRV) this year may cost the City of Oakland nearly $1 million. This is according to a new report from City Attorney John Russo.

The $1 million would be Oakland's share of implementation costs if San Leandro and Berkeley also implement IRV, and if the three cities divide the cost based on the number of registered voters.