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FW: Support Ranked Choice Voting for Vacancies Item C.1 Rules 5/27 From City Clerk < [email protected]>
Date Thu 6/25/2026 10:07 AM
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From: Samantha Odum <
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2026 10:03 AM
To: District3 <[email protected]>; City Clerk < [email protected]> Subject: Support Ranked Choice Voting for Vacancies Item C.1 Rules 5/27 [External Email. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. Learn morel Some people who received this message don't often get email from Learn why this is important Dear City Clerk and Councilmember,
Please enter my comments into the public record for the May 27 Rules Committee meeting.
I'm a San José resident, and I urge the Council to refer the Ranked Choice Voting charter amendment to the November 2026 ballot so voters can decide.
When a special election to fill a Council vacancy doesn't produce a majority winner, the city has to run a second, separate runoff, and that can cost millions. The most recent vacancy cost roughly $3.6 million across two elections. RCV would settle these in a single, decisive election:
lower cost, more voter choice, and a winner chosen in the higher-turnout first round.
This measure mandates nothing. It simply gives the Council one more option. Please give San José voters the choice.
Your support in this matter is important to me and many constituents. It helps to provide fairer and more efficient elections, and I urge you to add this amendment to the ballot so that citizens can make the choice.
Thank you for your help with this matter and all that you do! Samantha Odum
DTSJ, District 3
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