CHARTER AMENDMENT OPTIONS
REGARDING INSTANT RUNOFF
Article XVIII ELECTIONS Section 18.4 - Majority Vote:
Instant Runoff.
Option I - To delay the Instant Runoff date to 2035; or Option II - To revert back to conducting traditional runoff election; or
Option III - For Plurality for all elected officers.
OPTION I
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT MEASURE ___
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH CALIFORNIA, HEREBY AMEND SECTION 18.4 OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
(NOTE: New provisions or language added to the existing charter section are shown in BOLDFACE type; words and figures deleted from the existing charter section are shown in strikeout type.) Sec. 18.4. Majority vote: Instant runoff election.Runoff elections.
A. Except as provided in this Section with regard to runoff elections, a majority (more than half), of the votes cast for all candidates for each City elective office is required for the election of the candidate to such office. In the event no candidate for an elective office receives a majority of the votes cast for all candidates for such office, the two (2) candidates receiving the highest numbers of votes cast for any such office shall thereby qualify as candidates for such office at a runoff election to be held not later than seventy (70) days after such election. In the event that any person qualifies pursuant to law to become a write-in candidate for such office at the runoff election, the candidate who receives a plurality of all the votes cast for such office in the runoff election shall be elected.
B. Beginning with the March 2035 General Election, Tthe City Council must by ordinance provide for an instant runoff voting system in the elections of each city elective office listed in Article VI, Article VIII, and Article X. A majority (more than half), of the votes cast for all candidates, or a majority of the operative votes on continuing ballots in subsequent rounds, is required for the election of a candidate to each such office as determined by an instant runoff voting system process detailed in the ordinance the council must enact.
CB. Notwithstanding the foregoing, members of the Board of Education shall continue to be elected by a plurality of votes cast.
*18.4—as added by election 11-4-80; as amended by election 11-6-84, 3-7-95 and 3-7-23.
OPTION II
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT MEASURE ___
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH CALIFORNIA, HEREBY AMEND SECTION 18.4 OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
(NOTE: New provisions or language added to the existing charter section are shown in BOLDFACE type; words and figures deleted from the existing charter section are shown in strikeout type.)
Sec. 18.4. Majority vote: Instant runoff election.Runoff elections.
A. Except as provided in this Section with regard to runoff elections, aExcept as provided in this Section with regard to runoff elections, a The City Council must by ordinance provide for an instant runoff voting system in the elections of each city elective office listed in Article VI, Article VIII, and Article X. A majority (more than half), of the votes cast for all candidates or a majority of the operative votes on continuing ballots in subsequent rounds, is required for the election of a candidate to each such office as determined by an instant runoff voting system process detailed in the ordinance the council must enact. for each City elective
office is required for the election of the candidate to such office. In the event no candidate for an elective office receives a majority of the votes cast for all candidates for such office, the two (2) candidates receiving the highest numbers of votes cast for any such office shall thereby qualify as candidates for such office at a runoff election to be held not later than seventy (70) days after such election. In the event that any person qualifies pursuant to law to become a write-in candidate for such office at the runoff election, the candidate who receives a plurality of all the votes cast for such office in the runoff election shall be elected.
B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, members of the Board of Education shall continue to be elected by a plurality of votes cast.
*18.4—as added by election 11-4-80; as amended by election 11-6-84, 3-7-95 and 3-7-23.
OPTION III
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT MEASURE ___
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH CALIFORNIA, HEREBY AMEND SECTION 18.4 OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
(NOTE: New provisions or language added to the existing charter section are shown in BOLDFACE type; words and figures deleted from the existing charter section are shown in strikeout type.) Sec. 18.2. Procedure, elections code. All elections held under this Charter shall be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, for the holding of elections in general law cities unless such provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Charter or unless an ordinance providing for the manner of holding and conducting elections is adopted by the City Council. The person who receives a plurality of the votes cast for any office is elected to that office.
Sec. 18.4. Majority vote: Instant runoff election.
A. The City Council must by ordinance provide for an instant runoff voting system in the elections of each city elective office listed in Article VI, Article VIII, and Article X. A majority (more than half), of the votes cast for all candidates, or a majority of the operative votes on continuing ballots in subsequent rounds, is required for the election of a candidate to each such office as determined by an instant runoff voting system process detailed in the ordinance the council must enact.
B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, members of the Board of Education shall continue to be elected by a plurality of votes cast.
*18.4—as added by election 11-4-80; as amended by election 11-6-84, 3-7-95 and 3-7-23.
COUNCIL DIRECTION
• To complete the resolution for Chapter Amendment Article XVIII, the City Council must:
• Select an option; and
➢ Option I:
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT. Shall Article XVIII Elections pertaining to Section 18.4, Majority Vote: Instant runoff election to delay starting date from 2025 to 2035? ➢ Option II:
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT. Shall Article XVIII Elections pertaining to Section 18.4, Majority Vote: Instant runoff election to revert back to conduct runoff elections? ➢ Option III:
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT. Shall Article XVIII Elections pertaining to Section 18.4, Majority Vote: Instant runoff election be removed and become a plurality vote? • Create “Whereas”; and
• Review Section 1, the ballot question and Exhibit A; and • Section 10, authorize author(s); and
• Section 15, recommend three choices for the letter designation. • Adopt Resolution for the November 5, 2024 Statewide General Election.