Blog entry by New America Media.
Last updated at Sun, 1 May at 7:46pm.

by Esperanza Tervalon-Daumont and Alicia Garza

Article by Jessica Kwong.
Last updated at Sun, 17 Oct at 10:14pm.

As Oakland follows in the footsteps San Francisco took six years ago and switches to ranked-choice voting for this November's election, a diverse pool of organizations are heading voter education campaigns to boost county outreach efforts.

Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Fri, 8 Oct at 6:53am.

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.

Blog entry by Esperanza Tervalo....
Last updated at Wed, 24 Feb at 2:23am.

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.

Article by Jessamyn Sabbag.
Last updated at Wed, 13 Jan at 7:39am.

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

Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Wed, 6 Jan at 10:08am.

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.

Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 5 Jan at 5:40pm.

Ah, the wonders of Facebook.  Today, OaklandSeens' Aimee Allison posted a note on her Facebook site that said that Councilmember D

Blog entry by Anonymous.
Last updated at Mon, 4 Jan at 11:45pm.

CALLS NEEDED - Support Instant Runoff Voting in Oakland  Empower Oakland voters - Support Instant Runoff Voting!