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.