by Esperanza Tervalon-Daumont and Alicia Garza

Tonight, Mayor Ron Dellums is expected to take an action he has only done once during his tenure—cast a tiebreaking vote.

The occasion that will draw such an unusual move from the mayor, who does not sit in City Council under Oakland’s charter, is a 4-4 deadlocked proposal to divert $100,000 toward voter education for the city’s new ranked-choice voting system while preserving $100,000 for public campaign financing.