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.