Marin Ranked Voting - Issues

Full text of AB 1294

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:13:08 -0500

The text of AB 1294 in Adobe Acrobat format. This file is reduced two pages to one for convenient printing. Normal .pdf and .html versions, bill history and staff analyst reports are available here.

Last revsied April 12, 2007

AB 1662 fact sheet

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:37:11 -0400

Here is a one page summary of Assembly Bill 1662 (Paul Cook, R-65), which would use ranked ballots to allow more overseas absentee voters to return their ballots on time when runoff elections are conducted close to the preliminary round.

AB 1294 fact sheets and flyers

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:45:57 -0400

Here are three flyers on AB 1294 to print and distribute.

Last revised October 1, 2007

CfER's 2007 Legislative Priorities

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:59:34 -0500

December 15, 2006 -- The attached Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Word documents provide details on CfER's legislative proposals for 2007. The following text is a summary.

Issues

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 10:32:42 -0500

Materials on campaigns for ranked voting in Marin and elsewhere.

Get Involved: Eight Steps to a Representative Government

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:56:24 -0400

A two-page flyer from FairVote that outlines steps activists need to take to bring fair and full representation to their cities.

Full text of SB 596

Sat, 08 Oct 2005 21:23:33 -0400

The text of SB 596 in Adobe Acrobat format. This file is reduced two pages to one for convenient printing. Normal .pdf and .html versions, bill history and staff analyst reports are available here.

California Democratic Party Resolution

Sat, 08 Oct 2005 16:17:16 -0400

Here is the text of the resolution supporting optional instant runoff voting adopted by the Executive Board of the California Democratic Party on October 2, 2005.

SB 596 - A Choice of Voting Systems for Local Government

Fri, 07 Oct 2005 18:25:50 -0400

This tri-fold brochure reprints (with very minor changes) Sen. Debra Bowen's press release on SB 596, legislation that would give all local governments the option to use ranked voting in their elections. Print on both sides of one sheet. Download either the Microsoft Word document or Adobe Acrobat file.

Instant Runoff Voting Successful in San Francisco

Sat, 24 Sep 2005 17:21:31 -0400

FairVote has summarized the successful implementation of instant runoff voting in the 2004 Board of Supervisors election in San Francisco in this one-page handout. Links to the detailed reports on which this summary is based are collected here.

Get Involved: Secure Public Interest Voting Machines!

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:48:50 -0400

We need to ensure that the money now being spent on new voting equipment won't have to be spent all over again when ranked voting and other methods of full representation are implemented. Here is a new statement (1 sheet, print both sides) from FairVote outlining the message we need to be communicating to election officials at all levels of government.