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DESCRIPTION:From: Steven Hill, Center for Voting and Democracy   Please join me next 
 Tuesday evening for a program at San Francisco's venerable Commonwealth 
 Club. I will be speaking about the upcoming use of Ranked Choice Voting in 
 San Francisco (also known as Instant Runoff Voting). I will be joined at 
 the podium by Prof. Richard DeLeon from San Francisco State University, one 
 of the Bay Area's foremost commentators on local and state politics. It 
 should be a great program, it will be broadcast on radio, and it's free to 
 the public. Here are the details, followed by the Commonwealth Club's email 
 promotion.   When: Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 7 pm   Where: Commonwealth 
 Club, 595 Market St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco     ********   COMMONWEALTH 
 CLUB OF CALIFORNIA   The nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum   
 Ranked-Choice Voting In San Francisco's November 2004 Election: How It 
 Works And Why It Matters     SPEAKING:   a.. Richard DeLeon, PhD, San 
 Francisco State University   b.. Steven Hill, Author of "Fixing Elections: 
 The Failure of America's Winner Take All Politics" 
 (http://www.FixingElections.com) and Co-Founder and Associate Director of 
 the   Center for Voting and Democracy     Tuesday, October 26, 2004 
 Commonwealth Club of San Francisco   6:30 p.m., Registration | 7:00 p.m., 
 Program 595 Market St., 2nd Floor, San   Francisco   Free for Members and 
 Non-members; for reservations, call 415/597-6705 or   800/847-7730   Or 
 register online at   
 http://www.commonwealthclub.org/featured.html#rankedchoice   How will the 
 new "Ranked Choice Voting" affect how citizens vote on the November 2 
 ballot? How will this change affect election outcomes? In March 2002, San 
 Franciscans voted to adopt "ranked-choice" voting (also known as "instant 
 runoff voting") for city elections, and in a matter of weeks, ballots will 
 reflect this change for the first time.   Voting reform advocate Steven 
 Hill and Professor Rich De Leon will tell us everything San Francisco 
 voters need to know about ranked-choice voting and explain what they should 
 be prepared to do on election day. They will examine why the change was 
 made, share the history of ranked-choice voting, and cite examples of how 
 this process is working elsewhere in the U.S.   Ranked-choice voting allows 
 people to rank three candidates in order of preference for local races. 
 This enables voters cast their vote for whomever they genuinely prefer 
 without "spoiling" final election outcomes, and eliminates the need for 
 costly run-offs. Not only does ranked-choice voting require voters to think 
 differently about how they vote, but the San Francisco Chronicle and Los 
 Angeles Times report that it is changing the way candidates campaign, 
 fostering more coalition-building and less negative campaigning.   Steven 
 Hill has been instrumental in the campaign to adopt ranked choice voting in 
 San Francisco. Professor DeLeon has led the way in researching the impact 
 of electoral systems in San Francisco and elsewhere.   \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/10/22/49903.php
SUMMARY:Democratic reform:  Ranked Choice Voting in San Francisco
LOCATION:Commonwealth Club  595 Market St., 2nd Floor  San Francisco  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/10/22/49903.php
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