May 17, 2006 - In the political reform section of its 2006 platform, adopted April 30th at its state convention, the California Democratic Party reiterated its support for IRV with the following sentence: "Encourage, where feasible, instant run-off elections".

Californians for Electoral Reform (CfER) board members Steve Chessin and Rob Dickinson collected the signatures that convinced the platform committee to restore that sentence after it had been dropped from the pre-Convention draft.

In October of last year, the Executive Board of the California Democratic Party adopted this resolution supporting giving communities, including general law cities and counties, the option to use IRV in local elections.