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src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/ballot-being-cast-in-box-getty-300x3001.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ballot-being-cast-in-box-getty-300x300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-47199\">\u003c/a>Now in use in four California cities, this new voting system was supposed to increase voter turnout, stanch the flow of special interest money and encourage high-minded, positive campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it didn’t play out that way in the biggest ranked-choice election yet – the 2011 San Francisco mayoral race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turnout was down, the worst in a competitive race \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/13/BAHP1LSSG9.DTL\">in about 35 years\u003c/a>, as the San Francisco Chronicle noted. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Independent soft money committees, financed by big corporations and labor unions, spent heavily, ducking the city's tough donation limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the campaign itself, challengers pounded away at acting Mayor Ed Lee. They accused him of promoting voter fraud in Chinatown, lying when he promised not to run and serving as a stooge for former Mayor Willie Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee denied wrongdoing and got elected anyway. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now critics are zeroing in on the ranked-choice system, hoping to repeal it before another city election rolls around. The proposal is being fronted by city Supervisors Sean Elsbernd and Mark Farrell, who calls the system a “failed experiment.” They hope to put the issue to voters next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents have a good shot, said Charles Marsteller, former head of Common Cause in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Regardless of its merits, ranked-choice voting will probably be repealed,” he said in an interview. Ordinary voters struggle with the system because “it’s complicated,” he said. And politicians and political professionals quickly grew to dislike it because its results were so unpredictable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to estimate outcomes with ranked-choice voting,” Marsteller said. “You don’t know if the polls are right. The political consultants don’t like it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco was the first city in California to enact the system, which gives voters three weighted choices for each office on the ballot. Assuming no candidate wins 50 percent of first-choice votes, a computerized “instant runoff” is held, and a victor is selected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local Green Party pushed the system in 2003. Boosters thought the new system would empower voters, elevate the tone of the city’s notoriously negative politics and check the influence of big money. It also would address complaints about the old system of electing mayors, in which a general election in November was followed by a December runoff if nobody got a majority the first time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The runoffs cost the city a lot of money, and sometimes turnout was dismal. Left-of-center candidates were certain they were disadvantaged, because runoff voters tended to be older, whiter and more conservative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the city began using ranked-choice voting, and Oakland, Berkeley and San Leandro later followed suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But from the start, there were complaints. Voters found the ballot cumbersome and confusing. At one point, even Gavin Newsom, then the mayor and now lieutenant governor, said he didn’t understand how the system worked. Some critics said it burdened voters whose native language wasn’t English.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Lee, executive director of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee, was \u003ca href=\"http://www.asianweek.com/2004/12/24/rcv-the-asian-exclusion-act-%E2%80%94-or-inclusion-act/\">particularly harsh\u003c/a>, likening ranked-choice voting to the Chinese Exclusion Act, the 19th-century law that banned Chinese immigration into the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so, even before the votes were counted this time around, proponents were mounting a defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day before the election, Rob Richie, executive director of FairVote, a nonprofit that promotes the system, distributed an e-mail arguing that ranked-choice voting was responsible for increasing the number of racial minorities on the Board of Supervisors from four to eight. He claimed the new system had made the city’s electorate more interested in politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco voters also have grown more engaged in these RCV elections,” he wrote, using an acronym for the system. That’s because “far fewer voters now skip city races,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richie also distributed an opinion article by former Supervisor Matt Gonzalez, who argued that the ranked-choice system had promoted “old-fashioned door-to-door politics and coalition building” in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics saw only record-low turnout and a barrage of hit-piece political ads, as Lee’s 10 main challengers tried to get some traction in the campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an e-mail, critic Tony Santos, former San Leandro mayor, cited “the negative campaigning going on in the SF Mayor’s race” as proof that ranked-choice voting was oversold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was “a good deal of negative campaigning involving Mayor Ed Lee,” he wrote. “Recall, Fairvote states (ranked-choice voting) reduces negative campaigning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tell that to Mayor Lee and his supporters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oddly, politics in Oakland may build momentum for repealing ranked-choice voting in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Oakland mayor’s race last year, the ranked-choice system allowed City Councilmember Jean Quan to overtake better-financed front-runner Don Perata. Ranked-choice advocates proclaimed a triumph of grassroots politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year and multiple missteps later, Quan has a 73 percent disapproval rating over her handling of the Occupy Oakland protests, an Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce poll shows.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1398475463,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":31,"wordCount":885},"headData":{"title":"Critics Aim to End Ranked-Choice Voting After SF Mayoral Race | KQED","description":"From California Watch Ranked-choice voting was the cure for what ails American politics, boosters said. Now in use in four California cities, this new voting system was supposed to increase voter turnout, stanch the flow of special interest money and encourage high-minded, positive campaigns. 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They accused him of promoting voter fraud in Chinatown, lying when he promised not to run and serving as a stooge for former Mayor Willie Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee denied wrongdoing and got elected anyway. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now critics are zeroing in on the ranked-choice system, hoping to repeal it before another city election rolls around. The proposal is being fronted by city Supervisors Sean Elsbernd and Mark Farrell, who calls the system a “failed experiment.” They hope to put the issue to voters next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents have a good shot, said Charles Marsteller, former head of Common Cause in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Regardless of its merits, ranked-choice voting will probably be repealed,” he said in an interview. Ordinary voters struggle with the system because “it’s complicated,” he said. And politicians and political professionals quickly grew to dislike it because its results were so unpredictable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to estimate outcomes with ranked-choice voting,” Marsteller said. “You don’t know if the polls are right. The political consultants don’t like it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco was the first city in California to enact the system, which gives voters three weighted choices for each office on the ballot. Assuming no candidate wins 50 percent of first-choice votes, a computerized “instant runoff” is held, and a victor is selected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local Green Party pushed the system in 2003. Boosters thought the new system would empower voters, elevate the tone of the city’s notoriously negative politics and check the influence of big money. It also would address complaints about the old system of electing mayors, in which a general election in November was followed by a December runoff if nobody got a majority the first time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The runoffs cost the city a lot of money, and sometimes turnout was dismal. Left-of-center candidates were certain they were disadvantaged, because runoff voters tended to be older, whiter and more conservative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the city began using ranked-choice voting, and Oakland, Berkeley and San Leandro later followed suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But from the start, there were complaints. Voters found the ballot cumbersome and confusing. At one point, even Gavin Newsom, then the mayor and now lieutenant governor, said he didn’t understand how the system worked. Some critics said it burdened voters whose native language wasn’t English.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Lee, executive director of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee, was \u003ca href=\"http://www.asianweek.com/2004/12/24/rcv-the-asian-exclusion-act-%E2%80%94-or-inclusion-act/\">particularly harsh\u003c/a>, likening ranked-choice voting to the Chinese Exclusion Act, the 19th-century law that banned Chinese immigration into the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so, even before the votes were counted this time around, proponents were mounting a defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day before the election, Rob Richie, executive director of FairVote, a nonprofit that promotes the system, distributed an e-mail arguing that ranked-choice voting was responsible for increasing the number of racial minorities on the Board of Supervisors from four to eight. He claimed the new system had made the city’s electorate more interested in politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco voters also have grown more engaged in these RCV elections,” he wrote, using an acronym for the system. That’s because “far fewer voters now skip city races,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richie also distributed an opinion article by former Supervisor Matt Gonzalez, who argued that the ranked-choice system had promoted “old-fashioned door-to-door politics and coalition building” in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics saw only record-low turnout and a barrage of hit-piece political ads, as Lee’s 10 main challengers tried to get some traction in the campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an e-mail, critic Tony Santos, former San Leandro mayor, cited “the negative campaigning going on in the SF Mayor’s race” as proof that ranked-choice voting was oversold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was “a good deal of negative campaigning involving Mayor Ed Lee,” he wrote. “Recall, Fairvote states (ranked-choice voting) reduces negative campaigning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tell that to Mayor Lee and his supporters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oddly, politics in Oakland may build momentum for repealing ranked-choice voting in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Oakland mayor’s race last year, the ranked-choice system allowed City Councilmember Jean Quan to overtake better-financed front-runner Don Perata. Ranked-choice advocates proclaimed a triumph of grassroots politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year and multiple missteps later, Quan has a 73 percent disapproval rating over her handling of the Occupy Oakland protests, an Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce poll shows.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/47198/critics-aim-to-end-ranked-choice-voting-after-sf-mayoral-race","authors":["1245"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_13"],"tags":["news_2058","news_211","news_38"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_46653":{"type":"posts","id":"news_46653","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"46653","score":null,"sort":[1320888875000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"ed-lee-takes-commanding-lead-in-mayoral-race","title":"Ed Lee Takes Commanding Lead in Mayoral Race","publishDate":1320888875,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_35825\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 137px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/edlee.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-35825\" title=\"edlee\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/edlee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"204\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interim SF Mayor Ed Lee\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>(AP) SAN FRANCISCO — Interim Mayor Ed Lee is poised to become San Francisco's first elected Asian-American mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With some 85 percent of the vote counted in the mayoral race, Lee soared ahead with 61 percent of the tally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city's elections department says City Supervisor John Avalos is trailing far behind, with about 39 percent of the vote. But election officials aren't officially calling the race over. The department still must tabulate more votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters had been waiting since Tuesday for results. Because Lee did not have more than 50 percent after the first count, the city's ranked-choice system kicked in. That allowed voters' second and third choice candidates to be counted as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1398475464,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":6,"wordCount":128},"headData":{"title":"Ed Lee Takes Commanding Lead in Mayoral Race | KQED","description":"(AP) SAN FRANCISCO — Interim Mayor Ed Lee is poised to become San Francisco's first elected Asian-American mayor. 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That allowed voters' second and third choice candidates to be counted as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/46653/ed-lee-takes-commanding-lead-in-mayoral-race","authors":["237"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_13"],"tags":["news_543","news_2058","news_38"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_46528":{"type":"posts","id":"news_46528","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"46528","score":null,"sort":[1320859864000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"lee-gascon-have-commanding-leads","title":"Lee, Gascon, Prop. C Have Commanding Leads","publishDate":1320859864,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Mayor Ed Lee held a commanding lead in the mayor's race against a diverse slate of 15 candidates, but because he didn't garner a majority in Tuesday's election the city's instant runoff system has kicked in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, a former city administrator who replaced then-Mayor Gavin Newsom when he became lieutenant governor in January, was ahead with nearly 31 percent of the vote. City Supervisor John Avalos followed with nearly 18 percent; and City Attorney Dennis Herrera was trailing with 11 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even with all the precincts counted late Tuesday, it will be at least Wednesday before the city's 468,000 registered voters know the winner because a voter-approved election system requires that the winner get 50 percent plus one vote. Since Lee didn't claim more than half the vote, a system in which voters rank their top three candidates will decide the winner. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Lee was jubilant outside his campaign party Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I worked so hard to make sure that we continue with the success this city knows so well,\" said Lee, who would become the city's first elected Asian-American mayor. \"I'm going to work tomorrow, tired or not, because this city is worth the sacrifice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee's formal election or that of any of the several other Asian-American candidates on the ballot would symbolize a milestone for the city's Asians, who make up a third of the population but have traditionally been underrepresented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other contenders for the distinction of becoming the city's first Asian-American mayor included Democratic State Sen. Leland Yee, Adachi and Board of Supervisor President David Chiu. None broke out of single-digit percentages, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caleb Ng, a Chinese-American who voted at City Hall, said he didn't cast his ballot based on ethnicity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not about race; it's about who can best do the job,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>District Attorney, Sheriff Results\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It appeared the city's other top elected positions — district attorney and sheriff — would also be decided by the ranked-choice voting system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Former police chief George Gascon was winning his bid to keep his seat as district attorney with more than 44 percent of the vote. David Onek, former head of the San Francisco Police Commission, was trailing with 23 percent.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime Sheriff Michael Hennessey is retiring after three decades of wearing the badge and City Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was leading the race with 38 percent of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>State Watches SF's Pension Reform Propositions\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With California municipalities watching closely, San Francisco voters showed strong support for a measure to overhaul the city's pension plan for local government and public safety workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than two-thirds of the voters in Tuesday's election supported Proposition C, which would increase contributions by workers and raise the minimum retirement age for some to save $1.3 billion over the next decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition D, a competing measure that would extend the retirement age even further to save $1.7 billion, was losing by roughly the same two-to-one margin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition C was supported by Mayor Ed Lee. Other support came from the city's supervisors, business groups and the public employee unions. Proposition D was opposed by the unions and backed by public defender and mayoral candidate Jeff Adachi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pension reform is an issue in cities throughout California as cities struggle to meet the financial commitments to their retirees. San Francisco faces a $4 billion obligation over the next decade for tens of thousands of current and former employees under its current system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city's 2009 civil grand jury study of the system said the \"pension and health benefits enjoyed by San Francisco retirees are unsustainable.\" The economic downturn hit the pension fund hard and required the city to increase its payments to meet its legal obligation to its retired workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet the plan also has been seen as too generous, especially in a down economy. At the time of the grand jury's report, San Francisco had a list of 900 retirees receiving more than $100,000 a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent examples that have driven the need for reform home are a transit operator, who earned $105,000 annually under the plan, and a nursing supervisor who retired with $202,000 a year and former Police Chief Heather Fong, who retired at 53 with $264,000 per year in yearly benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to requiring employees to pay more, both new plans would change some retirement ages and the years of service needed to qualify for benefits for police, firefighters and other city employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of Proposition C described it as a consensus measure endorsed by diametrically opposed groups — business and labor unions — to achieve real, if not dramatic, savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They argued that Proposition D would be ineffective because it would be held up by legal challenges because it lacks a requirement for employee contributions to be reduced if the pension fund recovers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;line-height: 13px\">\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1398475465,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":28,"wordCount":841},"headData":{"title":"Lee, Gascon, Prop. 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Since Lee didn't claim more than half the vote, a system in which voters rank their top three candidates will decide the winner. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Lee was jubilant outside his campaign party Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I worked so hard to make sure that we continue with the success this city knows so well,\" said Lee, who would become the city's first elected Asian-American mayor. \"I'm going to work tomorrow, tired or not, because this city is worth the sacrifice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee's formal election or that of any of the several other Asian-American candidates on the ballot would symbolize a milestone for the city's Asians, who make up a third of the population but have traditionally been underrepresented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other contenders for the distinction of becoming the city's first Asian-American mayor included Democratic State Sen. Leland Yee, Adachi and Board of Supervisor President David Chiu. None broke out of single-digit percentages, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caleb Ng, a Chinese-American who voted at City Hall, said he didn't cast his ballot based on ethnicity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not about race; it's about who can best do the job,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>District Attorney, Sheriff Results\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It appeared the city's other top elected positions — district attorney and sheriff — would also be decided by the ranked-choice voting system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Former police chief George Gascon was winning his bid to keep his seat as district attorney with more than 44 percent of the vote. David Onek, former head of the San Francisco Police Commission, was trailing with 23 percent.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime Sheriff Michael Hennessey is retiring after three decades of wearing the badge and City Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was leading the race with 38 percent of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>State Watches SF's Pension Reform Propositions\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With California municipalities watching closely, San Francisco voters showed strong support for a measure to overhaul the city's pension plan for local government and public safety workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than two-thirds of the voters in Tuesday's election supported Proposition C, which would increase contributions by workers and raise the minimum retirement age for some to save $1.3 billion over the next decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition D, a competing measure that would extend the retirement age even further to save $1.7 billion, was losing by roughly the same two-to-one margin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition C was supported by Mayor Ed Lee. Other support came from the city's supervisors, business groups and the public employee unions. Proposition D was opposed by the unions and backed by public defender and mayoral candidate Jeff Adachi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pension reform is an issue in cities throughout California as cities struggle to meet the financial commitments to their retirees. San Francisco faces a $4 billion obligation over the next decade for tens of thousands of current and former employees under its current system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city's 2009 civil grand jury study of the system said the \"pension and health benefits enjoyed by San Francisco retirees are unsustainable.\" The economic downturn hit the pension fund hard and required the city to increase its payments to meet its legal obligation to its retired workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet the plan also has been seen as too generous, especially in a down economy. At the time of the grand jury's report, San Francisco had a list of 900 retirees receiving more than $100,000 a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent examples that have driven the need for reform home are a transit operator, who earned $105,000 annually under the plan, and a nursing supervisor who retired with $202,000 a year and former Police Chief Heather Fong, who retired at 53 with $264,000 per year in yearly benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to requiring employees to pay more, both new plans would change some retirement ages and the years of service needed to qualify for benefits for police, firefighters and other city employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of Proposition C described it as a consensus measure endorsed by diametrically opposed groups — business and labor unions — to achieve real, if not dramatic, savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They argued that Proposition D would be ineffective because it would be held up by legal challenges because it lacks a requirement for employee contributions to be reduced if the pension fund recovers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;line-height: 13px\">\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/46528/lee-gascon-have-commanding-leads","authors":["237"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_2058","news_38"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_46480":{"type":"posts","id":"news_46480","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"46480","score":null,"sort":[1320853589000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"election-roundup","title":"Election Roundup: Full Bay Area Results","publishDate":1320853589,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/08/MNH01LQREK.DTL\">Ed Lee takes large early lead in mayor's race\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>...With 100 percent of the precincts reporting Tuesday night, (Ed) Lee was the top vote-getter in the first round with more than 31 percent. At an election night party with supporters, Lee stopped just short of declaring victory after he emerged from the first round of voting with an almost 13-point lead over his closest rival, Supervisor John Avalos.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/sf-mayoral-race/story/gascon-leading-sf-district-attorneys/\">The Wait Is On for DA and Sheriff\u003c/a> (Bay Citizen)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>...On Tuesday night, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was leading a very close race for sheriff. With all precincts reporting, Mirkarimi had 38 percent of first-choice votes, while his rival Chris Cunnie, an advisor to state Attorney General Kamala Harris, had 28 percent, and Paul Miyamoto, a sheriff's captain, had 27 percent. In the district attorney's race, George Gascón had nearly twice the share of first-choice votes as his nearest rival, but on Tuesday night, he acknowledged the election remained too close to call.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/08/MNNQ1LQQOH.DTL&tsp=1\">Voters approve Ed Lee's pension reform\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>San Francisco voters gave Mayor Ed Lee's pension reform plan a resounding victory Tuesday night, while rejecting a competing measure by Public Defender Jeff Adachi. Both measures were designed to trim the amount the city pays for its workers' retirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/11/san-francisco-voters-reject-05-sales-tax-increase\">San Francisco voters reject 0.5% sales tax increase\u003c/a> (SF Examiner)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>San Francisco voters rejected a half-cent sales tax hike Tuesday. After the state Legislature failed to renew a one-cent sales tax earlier this year, consumers buying groceries or clothes in San Francisco might have noticed bills weren’t as high as they used to be. The sales tax rate dropped from 9.5 percent to 8.5 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/11/street-repair-bond-passed-san-francisco-voters\"> Street repair bond passed by San Francisco voters\u003c/a> (SF Examiner)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A $248 million bond measure to repair San Francisco’s streets and sidewalks was approved by voters on Tuesday.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/11/greater-oversight-campaign-consultants-san-francisco-rejected\">Greater oversight of campaign consultants in San Francisco rejected\u003c/a> (SF Examiner)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Proposition F, a ballot measure to increase The City’s oversight of campaign consultants, failed to pass Tuesday.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peninsula and South Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sunnyvale/ci_19294373\">South Bay, Peninsula voters have their say\u003c/a> (SJ Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A hard-fought measure that would allow Sunnyvale residents to directly elect their mayor rather than having City Council members choose one of their own was decisively defeated Tuesday night...Measure B on the Sunnyvale ballot, which would reduce annual cost-of-living raises for the mayor and council members, was approved, as was Cupertino's Measure C to raise the city's hotel room tax. In City Council races, Sunnyvale Councilman David Whittum cruised to re-election unopposed for seat 4. Pat Meyering beat Bo Chang for seat 5. Jim Davis held a narrow lead over Jack Walker for seat 6, while Steve Hoffman trailed. And Tara Martin-Milius edged out Fred Fowler in a tight race for seat 7, with Maria Pan far behind, according to unofficial results.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_19293727\">Nagy is new Newark mayor\u003c/a> (Fremont Argus)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Alan Nagy won the race Tuesday night to become Newark's first new mayor since 1978. With all six precincts and mail-in ballots counted, the longtime councilman captured 46.2 percent of the nearly 5,000 votes cast. Councilwoman Ana Apodaca came in second with 32.5 percent, and school board member Ray Rodriguez finished third with 21.3 percent, the Alameda County Registrar of Voters reported. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county-times/ci_19293794\">Mixed election results for Peninsula school taxes; Newark passes school bond\u003c/a> (SJ Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Reversing their record of nearly consistent support for school taxes, Peninsula voters late Tuesday defeated two school bonds, approved one in Millbrae and narrowly passed two parcel taxes. Across the bay in Newark, a bond measure to renovate schools squeaked by. As Election Night wore on, success or failure hinged on a handful of votes for the Burlingame and Pacifica school districts, which were trying to mount a supermajority of 66.7 percent to pass parcel taxes. Unofficial results late Tuesday nudged both districts just over the victory line -- but uncounted ballots could change the tally.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/elections/ci_19295100\">Palo Alto voters favor Measures D and E\u003c/a> (Palo Alto Daily News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Palo Alto voters on Tuesday passed a measure to repeal the right of police and firefighters to have outside arbitrators settle their pay and benefit disputes with the city...Voters in Palo Alto also passed Measure E by 64.3 percent. The measure will carve out 10 of Byxbee Park's 126 acres for a potential state-of-the-art composting facility. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county-times/ci_19295266\">Aguirre, Bain, Foust and Pierce retain Redwood City council seats\u003c/a> (Palo Alto Daily News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Facing only one challenger who barely raised any money to wage a campaign, four longtime Redwood City council incumbents easily retained their seats in Tuesday's election.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_19295317\">Redwood City voters pass business license and hotel taxes\u003c/a> (Palo Alto Daily News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Redwood City voters soundly passed two tax measures Tuesday that will pinch the wallets of businesses and out-of-town visitors, but not most residents.Measure I will increase the city's hotel tax from 10 to 12 percent of a room's rate and Measure M will raise the business license tax from $37 to $58.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county-times/ci_19295550\">Royce narrowly loses San Carlos council seat to Collins, Olbert\u003c/a> (Palo Alto Daily News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Randy Royce lost his seat on the San Carlos City Council in a tight race Tuesday night that put two new faces on the next council.Seeking a second term, Royce could not overcome first-place finisher Mark Olbert and close runner-up Ron Collins.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_19293706\">Newark school bond measure narrowly approved\u003c/a> (Fremont Argus)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Measure G, a $63 million bond that will upgrade the city's aging schools, was narrowly approved Tuesday night. With all precincts reporting, the measure received 2,698 votes -- barely above the 55 percent needed to pass, according to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county-times/ci_19293870\">In Foster City, Kiesel, Perez and Okamoto hold election lead\u003c/a> (SJ Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Retired American Cancer Society fundraiser Steve Okamoto, incumbent Art Kiesel and business owner Herb Perez were the winners in a race for three seats on the Foster City council, according to semi-final results late Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county-times/ci_19295870\">Du Bois, Weiner, Rumley elected to Sequoia high school board\u003c/a> (San Mateo County Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A couple of newcomers and one of two incumbents were elected to the Sequoia Union High School District board on Tuesday. With all 176 precincts reporting, Carrie Du Bois led the group with 25.2 percent of the vote, followed by Allen Weiner with 22.3 percent. Board President Lorraine Rumley hung on to her seat, collecting 19.3 percent of the vote and barely topping her board colleague Olivia Martinez, who picked up 19.2 percent. Larry James Moody, a former member of the Ravenswood City School District board, came in last with 14.1 percent.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>East Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_19294783\">Lafayette voters reject parcel tax for road, storm drain repairs\u003c/a> (Contra Costa Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Voters on Tuesday rejected a parcel tax measure that would have funded road and storm drain repairs there. With all precincts reporting, 57 percent of the voters supported Measure G, but it needed a 66 percent-plus majority to pass.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_19295341\">No charter school, Mt. Diablo district tells Clayton Valley organizers\u003c/a> (Contra Costa Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After hearing from nearly 40 parents, principals, teachers and others speaking for and against converting Clayton Valley High to a charter school, trustees on Tuesday voted 4-1 to deny the petition.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_19293818\">Clarkson wins mayoral race in San Ramon; Perkins, O'Loane win council seats\u003c/a> (Contra Costa Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Former San Ramon school board trustee Bill Clarkson won the election to become mayor of San Ramon on Tuesday, defeating a sitting city councilwoman in an election that also saw the mayor booted off the council.Incumbent Scott Perkins and former city planning Commissioner Phil O'Loane won the two seats on the city council, beating termed-out Mayor Abram Wilson, who had been on the council since 1999. Perkins got 38.5 percent of the vote, O'Loane got 33 percent, and Wilson took 28.1 percent.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-county-elections/ci_19293806\">Voters approve tax measures on Emeryville ballot\u003c/a> (Oakland Tribune)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Voters in Tuesday's election decided to change the way the city levies business license fees in an attempt to increase municipal revenues. That means Pixar Studios will have to start paying the fees, which the company ceased to do after Disney acquired the studio in 2006. Measure C, approved by 81 percent of voters, also increases the tax rate from 0.08 percent of gross receipts to 0.10 percent. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-county-elections/ci_19293785\">Asher, Davis, Atkin win Emeryville City Council seats\u003c/a> (Oakland Tribune)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>First-time candidate Jacqueline Asher won one of three City Council seats in Tuesday's crowded race.But voters denied another term to embattled 24-year council member Ken Bukowski. He sought re-election despite having been fined by the state for misusing campaign funds, among other improprieties. He managed to get 13 percent of votes, putting him at fourth among the five candidates. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-county-elections/ci_19293883\">Marchand, Turner, Gary win Livermore mayoral, city council races\u003c/a> (Contra Costa Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Voters elected Councilman John Marchand their next mayor on Tuesday, but rejected termed-out Mayor Marshall Kamena for a spot on the city council.Livermore parks district board member Laureen Turner and former fire Chief Stu Gary won the two open city council seats. Kamena placed last in the city council race, finishing just behind losing candidate Bobby Burger.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>North Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19293651\">Phillips wins San Rafael mayoral race; Connolly, McCullough win council seats\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Gary Phillips will be San Rafael's next mayor and Damon Connolly and Andrew McCullough will fill two open City Council seats.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19294221\">Lucan, MacLeamy, Kellner win close Novato race\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Newcomer Eric Lucan and veteran Councilwoman Jeanne Mac Leamy sailed to easy victories in Novato's City Council election Tuesday, while Mayor Madeline Kellner barely edged former school trustee Leslie Peterson Schwarze for the third open seat.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/business/ci_19293912\">Fairfax voters approve half-cent sales tax\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A ballot measure that would levy a new half-cent sales tax in Fairfax won far more than the majority voter support it needed for passage Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19294916\">Voters approve tax measures in Larkspur-Corte Madera, Tam Union school districts\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Voters approved tax measures Tuesday in both the Larkspur-Corte Madera School District and Tamalpais Union High School District.Measure A, in the Larkspur-Corte Madera district, passed with a 70 percent majority, needing only a 55 percent majority for approval.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/sananselmo/ci_19293950\">Lopin, Greene win seats on San Anselmo Town Council\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Incumbent Councilman Ford Greene and political newcomer Lori Lopin were the winners in a three-person race for two seats on the San Anselmo Town Council.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19293853\">O'Brien joins incumbents in College of Marin election triumph\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A veteran Lagunitas school trustee will join incumbents on the College of Marin Board. Schools trustee Stephanie O'Brien was elected to the college board Tuesday, along with incumbents Eva Long, Phil Kranenburg and James Namnath.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19294270\">All four incumbents win Novato schools race\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>All four incumbents in the Novato Unified School District race claimed an easy victory Tuesday. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19295012\">Fire board directors retain seats in Novato, Southern Marin\u003c/a>\u003ca> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Incumbents retained their seats on the fire district boards in Novato and Southern Marin, and a newcomer joined the board in Novato. Jim Galli, a fire battalion chief in Kentfield, won his second term on the Novato board with a 26 percent vote. L.J. Silverman, a retired firefighter, won his third term with 24 percent.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19294943\">Measure H allows Inverness spending\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Inverness voters overwhelmingly approved a routine appropriation limit measure Tuesday. In accord with state law, Measure H adjusts the limit to enable the Inverness Public Utility District to spend money on local projects.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19294254\">Measure G in Marinwood winning -- but just barely\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Marinwood voters apparently approved the Measure G fire tax on Tuesday by the barest of margins, warding off a $300,000 budget shortfall that could have forced deep cuts throughout the community services district.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19294238\">Mariani and Peters win Novato Sanitary District board race\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After 36 years on the Novato Sanitary District board — possibly the longest tenure of any elected official in Marin County — George Quesada lost his bid for re-election Tuesday, as incumbent Jean Mariani and challenger Jerry Peters rode to victory.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/sananselmo/ci_19294187\">Three with kids in schools win Ross Valley school board race\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Candidates with children in the Ross Valley School District schools won out over a retired physician in the race for the school board. Anne Capron received 29 percent, or 2,912 votes. Annelise Bauer received 27 percent or 2,759 votes and Hadley Dettmer had 23 percent or 2,305 votes. Trevor Hughes received 17 percent or 1,742 votes.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1398475466,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":40,"wordCount":2145},"headData":{"title":"Election Roundup: Full Bay Area Results | KQED","description":"San Francisco Ed Lee takes large early lead in mayor's race (SF Chronicle) ...With 100 percent of the precincts reporting Tuesday night, (Ed) Lee was the top vote-getter in the first round with more than 31 percent. 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At an election night party with supporters, Lee stopped just short of declaring victory after he emerged from the first round of voting with an almost 13-point lead over his closest rival, Supervisor John Avalos.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/sf-mayoral-race/story/gascon-leading-sf-district-attorneys/\">The Wait Is On for DA and Sheriff\u003c/a> (Bay Citizen)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>...On Tuesday night, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was leading a very close race for sheriff. With all precincts reporting, Mirkarimi had 38 percent of first-choice votes, while his rival Chris Cunnie, an advisor to state Attorney General Kamala Harris, had 28 percent, and Paul Miyamoto, a sheriff's captain, had 27 percent. In the district attorney's race, George Gascón had nearly twice the share of first-choice votes as his nearest rival, but on Tuesday night, he acknowledged the election remained too close to call.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/08/MNNQ1LQQOH.DTL&tsp=1\">Voters approve Ed Lee's pension reform\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>San Francisco voters gave Mayor Ed Lee's pension reform plan a resounding victory Tuesday night, while rejecting a competing measure by Public Defender Jeff Adachi. Both measures were designed to trim the amount the city pays for its workers' retirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/11/san-francisco-voters-reject-05-sales-tax-increase\">San Francisco voters reject 0.5% sales tax increase\u003c/a> (SF Examiner)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>San Francisco voters rejected a half-cent sales tax hike Tuesday. After the state Legislature failed to renew a one-cent sales tax earlier this year, consumers buying groceries or clothes in San Francisco might have noticed bills weren’t as high as they used to be. The sales tax rate dropped from 9.5 percent to 8.5 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/11/street-repair-bond-passed-san-francisco-voters\"> Street repair bond passed by San Francisco voters\u003c/a> (SF Examiner)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A $248 million bond measure to repair San Francisco’s streets and sidewalks was approved by voters on Tuesday.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/11/greater-oversight-campaign-consultants-san-francisco-rejected\">Greater oversight of campaign consultants in San Francisco rejected\u003c/a> (SF Examiner)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Proposition F, a ballot measure to increase The City’s oversight of campaign consultants, failed to pass Tuesday.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peninsula and South Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sunnyvale/ci_19294373\">South Bay, Peninsula voters have their say\u003c/a> (SJ Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A hard-fought measure that would allow Sunnyvale residents to directly elect their mayor rather than having City Council members choose one of their own was decisively defeated Tuesday night...Measure B on the Sunnyvale ballot, which would reduce annual cost-of-living raises for the mayor and council members, was approved, as was Cupertino's Measure C to raise the city's hotel room tax. In City Council races, Sunnyvale Councilman David Whittum cruised to re-election unopposed for seat 4. Pat Meyering beat Bo Chang for seat 5. Jim Davis held a narrow lead over Jack Walker for seat 6, while Steve Hoffman trailed. And Tara Martin-Milius edged out Fred Fowler in a tight race for seat 7, with Maria Pan far behind, according to unofficial results.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_19293727\">Nagy is new Newark mayor\u003c/a> (Fremont Argus)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Alan Nagy won the race Tuesday night to become Newark's first new mayor since 1978. With all six precincts and mail-in ballots counted, the longtime councilman captured 46.2 percent of the nearly 5,000 votes cast. Councilwoman Ana Apodaca came in second with 32.5 percent, and school board member Ray Rodriguez finished third with 21.3 percent, the Alameda County Registrar of Voters reported. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county-times/ci_19293794\">Mixed election results for Peninsula school taxes; Newark passes school bond\u003c/a> (SJ Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Reversing their record of nearly consistent support for school taxes, Peninsula voters late Tuesday defeated two school bonds, approved one in Millbrae and narrowly passed two parcel taxes. Across the bay in Newark, a bond measure to renovate schools squeaked by. As Election Night wore on, success or failure hinged on a handful of votes for the Burlingame and Pacifica school districts, which were trying to mount a supermajority of 66.7 percent to pass parcel taxes. Unofficial results late Tuesday nudged both districts just over the victory line -- but uncounted ballots could change the tally.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/elections/ci_19295100\">Palo Alto voters favor Measures D and E\u003c/a> (Palo Alto Daily News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Palo Alto voters on Tuesday passed a measure to repeal the right of police and firefighters to have outside arbitrators settle their pay and benefit disputes with the city...Voters in Palo Alto also passed Measure E by 64.3 percent. The measure will carve out 10 of Byxbee Park's 126 acres for a potential state-of-the-art composting facility. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county-times/ci_19295266\">Aguirre, Bain, Foust and Pierce retain Redwood City council seats\u003c/a> (Palo Alto Daily News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Facing only one challenger who barely raised any money to wage a campaign, four longtime Redwood City council incumbents easily retained their seats in Tuesday's election.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_19295317\">Redwood City voters pass business license and hotel taxes\u003c/a> (Palo Alto Daily News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Redwood City voters soundly passed two tax measures Tuesday that will pinch the wallets of businesses and out-of-town visitors, but not most residents.Measure I will increase the city's hotel tax from 10 to 12 percent of a room's rate and Measure M will raise the business license tax from $37 to $58.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county-times/ci_19295550\">Royce narrowly loses San Carlos council seat to Collins, Olbert\u003c/a> (Palo Alto Daily News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Randy Royce lost his seat on the San Carlos City Council in a tight race Tuesday night that put two new faces on the next council.Seeking a second term, Royce could not overcome first-place finisher Mark Olbert and close runner-up Ron Collins.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_19293706\">Newark school bond measure narrowly approved\u003c/a> (Fremont Argus)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Measure G, a $63 million bond that will upgrade the city's aging schools, was narrowly approved Tuesday night. With all precincts reporting, the measure received 2,698 votes -- barely above the 55 percent needed to pass, according to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county-times/ci_19293870\">In Foster City, Kiesel, Perez and Okamoto hold election lead\u003c/a> (SJ Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Retired American Cancer Society fundraiser Steve Okamoto, incumbent Art Kiesel and business owner Herb Perez were the winners in a race for three seats on the Foster City council, according to semi-final results late Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county-times/ci_19295870\">Du Bois, Weiner, Rumley elected to Sequoia high school board\u003c/a> (San Mateo County Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A couple of newcomers and one of two incumbents were elected to the Sequoia Union High School District board on Tuesday. With all 176 precincts reporting, Carrie Du Bois led the group with 25.2 percent of the vote, followed by Allen Weiner with 22.3 percent. Board President Lorraine Rumley hung on to her seat, collecting 19.3 percent of the vote and barely topping her board colleague Olivia Martinez, who picked up 19.2 percent. Larry James Moody, a former member of the Ravenswood City School District board, came in last with 14.1 percent.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>East Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_19294783\">Lafayette voters reject parcel tax for road, storm drain repairs\u003c/a> (Contra Costa Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Voters on Tuesday rejected a parcel tax measure that would have funded road and storm drain repairs there. With all precincts reporting, 57 percent of the voters supported Measure G, but it needed a 66 percent-plus majority to pass.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_19295341\">No charter school, Mt. Diablo district tells Clayton Valley organizers\u003c/a> (Contra Costa Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After hearing from nearly 40 parents, principals, teachers and others speaking for and against converting Clayton Valley High to a charter school, trustees on Tuesday voted 4-1 to deny the petition.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_19293818\">Clarkson wins mayoral race in San Ramon; Perkins, O'Loane win council seats\u003c/a> (Contra Costa Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Former San Ramon school board trustee Bill Clarkson won the election to become mayor of San Ramon on Tuesday, defeating a sitting city councilwoman in an election that also saw the mayor booted off the council.Incumbent Scott Perkins and former city planning Commissioner Phil O'Loane won the two seats on the city council, beating termed-out Mayor Abram Wilson, who had been on the council since 1999. Perkins got 38.5 percent of the vote, O'Loane got 33 percent, and Wilson took 28.1 percent.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-county-elections/ci_19293806\">Voters approve tax measures on Emeryville ballot\u003c/a> (Oakland Tribune)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Voters in Tuesday's election decided to change the way the city levies business license fees in an attempt to increase municipal revenues. That means Pixar Studios will have to start paying the fees, which the company ceased to do after Disney acquired the studio in 2006. Measure C, approved by 81 percent of voters, also increases the tax rate from 0.08 percent of gross receipts to 0.10 percent. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-county-elections/ci_19293785\">Asher, Davis, Atkin win Emeryville City Council seats\u003c/a> (Oakland Tribune)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>First-time candidate Jacqueline Asher won one of three City Council seats in Tuesday's crowded race.But voters denied another term to embattled 24-year council member Ken Bukowski. He sought re-election despite having been fined by the state for misusing campaign funds, among other improprieties. He managed to get 13 percent of votes, putting him at fourth among the five candidates. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-county-elections/ci_19293883\">Marchand, Turner, Gary win Livermore mayoral, city council races\u003c/a> (Contra Costa Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Voters elected Councilman John Marchand their next mayor on Tuesday, but rejected termed-out Mayor Marshall Kamena for a spot on the city council.Livermore parks district board member Laureen Turner and former fire Chief Stu Gary won the two open city council seats. Kamena placed last in the city council race, finishing just behind losing candidate Bobby Burger.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>North Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19293651\">Phillips wins San Rafael mayoral race; Connolly, McCullough win council seats\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Gary Phillips will be San Rafael's next mayor and Damon Connolly and Andrew McCullough will fill two open City Council seats.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19294221\">Lucan, MacLeamy, Kellner win close Novato race\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Newcomer Eric Lucan and veteran Councilwoman Jeanne Mac Leamy sailed to easy victories in Novato's City Council election Tuesday, while Mayor Madeline Kellner barely edged former school trustee Leslie Peterson Schwarze for the third open seat.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/business/ci_19293912\">Fairfax voters approve half-cent sales tax\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A ballot measure that would levy a new half-cent sales tax in Fairfax won far more than the majority voter support it needed for passage Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19294916\">Voters approve tax measures in Larkspur-Corte Madera, Tam Union school districts\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Voters approved tax measures Tuesday in both the Larkspur-Corte Madera School District and Tamalpais Union High School District.Measure A, in the Larkspur-Corte Madera district, passed with a 70 percent majority, needing only a 55 percent majority for approval.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/sananselmo/ci_19293950\">Lopin, Greene win seats on San Anselmo Town Council\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Incumbent Councilman Ford Greene and political newcomer Lori Lopin were the winners in a three-person race for two seats on the San Anselmo Town Council.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19293853\">O'Brien joins incumbents in College of Marin election triumph\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A veteran Lagunitas school trustee will join incumbents on the College of Marin Board. Schools trustee Stephanie O'Brien was elected to the college board Tuesday, along with incumbents Eva Long, Phil Kranenburg and James Namnath.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19294270\">All four incumbents win Novato schools race\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>All four incumbents in the Novato Unified School District race claimed an easy victory Tuesday. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19295012\">Fire board directors retain seats in Novato, Southern Marin\u003c/a>\u003ca> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Incumbents retained their seats on the fire district boards in Novato and Southern Marin, and a newcomer joined the board in Novato. Jim Galli, a fire battalion chief in Kentfield, won his second term on the Novato board with a 26 percent vote. L.J. Silverman, a retired firefighter, won his third term with 24 percent.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19294943\">Measure H allows Inverness spending\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Inverness voters overwhelmingly approved a routine appropriation limit measure Tuesday. In accord with state law, Measure H adjusts the limit to enable the Inverness Public Utility District to spend money on local projects.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19294254\">Measure G in Marinwood winning -- but just barely\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Marinwood voters apparently approved the Measure G fire tax on Tuesday by the barest of margins, warding off a $300,000 budget shortfall that could have forced deep cuts throughout the community services district.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_19294238\">Mariani and Peters win Novato Sanitary District board race\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After 36 years on the Novato Sanitary District board — possibly the longest tenure of any elected official in Marin County — George Quesada lost his bid for re-election Tuesday, as incumbent Jean Mariani and challenger Jerry Peters rode to victory.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/sananselmo/ci_19294187\">Three with kids in schools win Ross Valley school board race\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Candidates with children in the Ross Valley School District schools won out over a retired physician in the race for the school board. Anne Capron received 29 percent, or 2,912 votes. Annelise Bauer received 27 percent or 2,759 votes and Hadley Dettmer had 23 percent or 2,305 votes. Trevor Hughes received 17 percent or 1,742 votes.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/46480/election-roundup","authors":["80"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_13"],"tags":["news_2058"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_46457":{"type":"posts","id":"news_46457","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"46457","score":null,"sort":[1320823481000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"sf-supes-propose-repeal-of-ranked-choice-voting","title":"SF Supes Propose Repeal of Ranked-Choice Voting","publishDate":1320823481,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignleft\" title=\"sfvoters\" src=\"http://u.s.kqed.org/2011/11/08/pollingplaceSF298x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"200\">Tuesday's election in San Francisco was the first competitive mayoral race where \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/08/ranked-choice-voting-explained-one-more-time/\">ranked-choice voting\u003c/a> may determine the winner. And, it could be the last.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters like Helen Hobbs in the Richmond district say voting by ranked-choice is easy enough...but it doesn't seem fair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If no one gets 50 percent, then the next two highest should just have a runoff,\" said Hobbs. \"That seems clearer to me than having a ballot with however many candidates there were.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's how it used to be done. And how it could be again, if two San Francisco supervisors have their way.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not missing the opportunity for symbolism (or at least some good publicity), Supervisors \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=11323\">Mark Farrell\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=1971\">Sean Elsbernd\u003c/a>, proposed scuttling the ranked-choice voting system used to decide races in the city since 2004.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Massive numbers of San Franciscans continue to be confused about\u003cbr>\nour voting process in the city,\" Farrell said. Residents \"spend so much time thankfully thinking about who to vote for and what to vote for, I don't think they should be worrying about how to vote.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal was sharply criticized by Supervisor John Avalos, who is one of 16 candidates running for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Avalos said he was \"stunned\" at the proposal of replacing ranked-choice voting, saying bringing it forward on election day \"seems like a cheap publicity stunt.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Avalos later said he would be proposing two separate charter amendments to either keep the current system or slightly tweak it, possibly to allow voters to be able to assign all three of their votes to a single candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Arntz, Director of Elections for San Francisco, says voters know more about the system now than they did when they approved it in 2002.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Really, to this point it's all been people in favor of ranked choice, so the public or the voters have had to rely on what was said about ranked choice. Now, San Franciscans, they have experience with it and they have an informed choice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Any of the proposed charter amendments would need the approval of six supervisors to get on the ballot, and the soonest they could reach the ballot would be next June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Kelly Wilkinson and Bay City News contributed to this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1398475468,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":15,"wordCount":379},"headData":{"title":"SF Supes Propose Repeal of Ranked-Choice Voting | KQED","description":"Tuesday's election in San Francisco was the first competitive mayoral race where ranked-choice voting may determine the winner. And, it could be the last. 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And, it could be the last.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters like Helen Hobbs in the Richmond district say voting by ranked-choice is easy enough...but it doesn't seem fair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If no one gets 50 percent, then the next two highest should just have a runoff,\" said Hobbs. \"That seems clearer to me than having a ballot with however many candidates there were.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's how it used to be done. And how it could be again, if two San Francisco supervisors have their way.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not missing the opportunity for symbolism (or at least some good publicity), Supervisors \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=11323\">Mark Farrell\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=1971\">Sean Elsbernd\u003c/a>, proposed scuttling the ranked-choice voting system used to decide races in the city since 2004.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Massive numbers of San Franciscans continue to be confused about\u003cbr>\nour voting process in the city,\" Farrell said. Residents \"spend so much time thankfully thinking about who to vote for and what to vote for, I don't think they should be worrying about how to vote.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal was sharply criticized by Supervisor John Avalos, who is one of 16 candidates running for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Avalos said he was \"stunned\" at the proposal of replacing ranked-choice voting, saying bringing it forward on election day \"seems like a cheap publicity stunt.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Avalos later said he would be proposing two separate charter amendments to either keep the current system or slightly tweak it, possibly to allow voters to be able to assign all three of their votes to a single candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Arntz, Director of Elections for San Francisco, says voters know more about the system now than they did when they approved it in 2002.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Really, to this point it's all been people in favor of ranked choice, so the public or the voters have had to rely on what was said about ranked choice. Now, San Franciscans, they have experience with it and they have an informed choice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Any of the proposed charter amendments would need the approval of six supervisors to get on the ballot, and the soonest they could reach the ballot would be next June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Kelly Wilkinson and Bay City News contributed to this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/46457/sf-supes-propose-repeal-of-ranked-choice-voting","authors":["237"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_13"],"tags":["news_2058","news_211"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_46414":{"type":"posts","id":"news_46414","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"46414","score":null,"sort":[1320803058000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"election-2011-election-night-live-blog","title":"Election 2011: Election Night Live Blog","publishDate":1320803058,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Election 2011: Election Night Live Blog | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Update Thursday 8:25 a.m.\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/09/election-roundup/\">\u003cstrong>Click here for full election results\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in San Francisco, the East Bay, the Peninsula and South Bay, and the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Yesterday’s posts\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED News is covering today’s election throughout the evening, on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/listen\">radio\u003c/a> and here on News Fix. We’ll be posting results to key races across the Bay Area, passing on information from our reporters in the field, getting voter reactions and pointing you to what’s happening on the web-o-sphere. So grab some popcorn and a favorite beverage, put the kids on mute and the TV to bed early (wait — reverse that) and stay awhile.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update Thursday 7:08 a.m.\u003c/em> After the first round of vote-counting, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/08/MNH01LQREK.DTL\">Ed Lee has a 13-point lead over John Avalos\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 12:10am (Wed):\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay fellow news hounds, it’s time for us to call it a night. It’s been fun — thanks for reading and listening tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ll be back in less than six hours with KQED News \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/listen\">morning newscasts\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.thecaliforniareport.org/\">The California Report\u003c/a>, and, right here at News Fix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And be sure to check out \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201111090900\">Forum at 9am\u003c/a>. Guest host Scott Shafer will be taking your calls, emails, and online comments about the election. Did you vote? What are you happy about? What disappointed you? You can even leave your questions or comments starting right now in advance of the broadcast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until the morning then. Good night!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 11:55pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the mayor’s race, one of the most closely watched issues in San Francisco was containing public pension costs; and voters were presented with two measures, Propositions C and D. In the end, San Francisco \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfelections.org/results/20111108/\">voters passed\u003c/a> Prop. C, an initiative backed by Interim Mayor Ed Lee, city business interests, and some public employee unions. Backers of the measure say it will save the city 1.3 billion dollars over the next decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prop. C raises retirement age by an average of three years. City employees earning more than 50,000 dollars a year will contribute more toward their pensions, putting in more in years when the city’s costs go up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition D, a measure backed by mayoral candidate Jeff Adachi, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfelections.org/results/20111108/\">failed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 11:50pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily DeRuy, a student reporter at Stanford’s \u003ca href=\"http://peninsulapress.com\">Peninsula Press\u003c/a>, a KQED News Associate reports that a San Mateo County bond measure to upgrade community colleges \u003ca href=\"http://smartvoter.org/2011/11/08/ca/sm/meas/H/\">failed tonight in a very close race\u003c/a>. Measure H would have allowed the county’s Community College District to borrow 564 million dollars for updating buildings and technology in the county’s three community colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeRuy says that the county has passed similar measures before. In 2001 there was a bond measure that provided the community college district with 207 million dollars in bonds, and then in 2005 there was a measure that provided the schools with another 468 million — that money also went to modernizing structures and increasing earthquake safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 11:30pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the throws of a national conversation about taxes, how did Bay Area tax measures do? The San Francisco Chronicle says voters were in a “generous mood.” Read the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/08/BA881LQORH.DTL#ixzz1dBwgJlD7\">full article\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 10:28pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Mina Kim’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201111082204\">report\u003c/a> from Ed Lee’s campaign party tonight at 10pm, she described Lee’s speech as “not quite a declaration of victory, but pretty close to it.” Watch the video of the speech below, and decide for yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 10:16pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan>100% of the precincts in San Francisco have reported in. Here’s the final turnout:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ctable width=\"200\">\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\u003cstrong>Registration\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>464380\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\u003cstrong>Total Ballots Cast\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>143806\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\u003cstrong>Turnout\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>30.9\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>You can get all the results at \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfelections.org/results/20111108/\">the San Francisco Dept. of Election’s site\u003c/a>. Surprising no one, we don’t have a mayor-elect tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 9:53pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s head down the peninsula and have a look at some key races in the South Bay:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Palo Alto, voters are approving Measure D by a wide margin in early returns. Measure D would repeal binding arbitration for police and firefighter labor negotiations, and it’s getting a yes vote of 68 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure E would change ten acres of park into a compost facility, and it’s passing with of sixty-three percent. (About a quarter of precincts are reporting.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in San Mateo County, a bond measure to upgrade the county’s three community colleges has a narrow lead with just a few precincts reporting. The measure needs a 55 percent supermajority vote to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 9:45pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Absenteeism Lower Than Previous Years\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wait, that’s bad, right? Low turnout is the theme of these off-year, odd-year municipal elections (though as any self-respecting advocate of good government will tell you, these are the elections in which citizens have the best chance to actually make an impact on their communities).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the places the low turnout is reflected: the number of mail-in (formerly known as “absentee”) ballots received. In recent statewide general elections, the number of vote-by-mail ballots has increased steadily to nearly half of all the ballots cast. A year ago, for instance, the California Secretary of State reported that 48.4 percent of the 10.3 million votes cast in the state’s general election (which featured high-profile governor’s and U.S. senator’s races) were mail ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking a look at the Bay Area’s vote-by-mail numbers for today’s election, the numbers are just a fraction of what we’ve been seeing. A quick sampling of the local mail ballot stats:]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara: 23.1 percent\u003cbr>\nAlameda: 18 percent\u003cbr>\nSan Mateo: 16.3 percent\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco: 14.9 percent\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One note: These totals don’t include vote-by-mail ballots turned in at polling places today. We don’t have a handle on how many of those ballots might be out there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update: 9:36pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Live Now: Interim Mayor and mayoral candidate Ed Lee is speaking now. You can watch the video live on \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=8424249#&cmp=twi-kgo-video-8424249\">ABC7News.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 9:26pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reporter Mina Kim sent this dispatch from Ed Lee’s party a few minutes ago:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Big cheers went up at 8:45 when absentee ballot results showed Lee far ahead. The person who announced the results said, ‘Looks like we did it!’ Some folks are already calling it for Lee. Others remain ‘optimistic’ because of unpredictability of ranked-choice voting. Mina also noted that Lee walked in to the party to Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together.” What a sweetie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 9:00pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One hour after the polls closed, the first wave of results are in. Here’s where we stand on the San Francisco mayoral race.\u003c/p>\n\u003ctable width=\"396\">\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>ED LEE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">26621\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">39.85%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>JOHN AVALOS\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">7080\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">10.6%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>DENNIS HERRERA\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">6842\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">10.24%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>DAVID CHIU\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">5585\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">8.36%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>LELAND YEE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">5514\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">8.25%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>JEFF ADACHI\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">4226\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">6.33%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>MICHELA ALIOTO-PIER\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">2914\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">4.36%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>BEVAN DUFTY\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">2844\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">4.26%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>TONY HALL\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">2547\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">3.81%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>JOANNA REES\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">1065\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">1.59%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>TERRY JOAN BAUM\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">425\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">0.64%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>PHIL TING\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">366\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">0.55%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>WILMA PANG\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">212\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">0.32%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>CESAR ASCARRUNZ\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">206\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">0.31%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>EMIL LAWRENCE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">181\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">0.27%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>PAUL CURRIER\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">97\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">0.15%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>WRITE-IN\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">62\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">0.09\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>Smartvoter.org has \u003ca href=\"http://smartvoter.org/2011/11/08/ca/\">results\u003c/a> of all races and measures throughout the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 8:12pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Live on the peninsula? One of our news associates, \u003ca href=\"http://peninsulapress.com/\">The Peninsula Press\u003c/a>, has started \u003ca href=\"http://peninsulapress.com/2011/11/08/bay-area-votes-today-follow-our-election-liveblog-tonight/\">live blogging\u003c/a> the results of South Bay races as they come in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 8:05pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 252px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" \" title=\"herreraparty\" src=\"//u.s.kqed.org/2011/11/08/herrera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"189\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The DJ stand at Dennis Herrera's campaign party. (Mina Kim/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Reporter Mina Kim is at Dennis Herrera’s campaign party at \u003ca href=\"http://www.mighty119.com/\">Club Mighty\u003c/a>, and reports that people are just starting to trickle in. A representative from the Herrera campaign acknowledged that “no one will be taking a victory lap tonight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 7:27pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In national races worth watching: The Associated Press is reporting that Ohio voters have rejected a proposal that would limit public employees’ collective-bargaining rights (a la \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=wisconsin+collective+bargaining&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=4cK&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbs=cdr:1%2Ccd_min%3A2011%2Ccd_max%3A2011&tbm=nws&source=hp&q=wisconsin+collective+bargaining&pbx=1&oq=wisconsin+collective+bargaining&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=17260l17260l2l17458l1l1l0l0l0l0l78l78l1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=b917342cc7ff7812&biw=1440&bih=680\">Wisconsin\u003c/a>). Read \u003ca href=\"http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/123859034.html\">more at NPR.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update: 6:55pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Kelly Wilkinson tells us that when she spoke to John Arntz, Director of Elections for San Francisco, today, he said that tonight’s mayoral results will only include first choices. Tomorrow, they will move to implementing ranked choice and will release preliminary results. Arntz plans to give an update every day at 4pm outside the Dept of Elections at City Hall and on \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=599\">their web site\u003c/a>. So, looks like we are in for the long haul on this one (no real surprise there).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 6:30pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While we’re waiting for the polls to close…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fill in the blank: Ranked-choice voting should be also be used for deciding ________. Tell us on our \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/KQEDnews\">Facebook page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_46427\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/photo.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46427 \" title=\"newsroomprep\" src=\"http://u.s.kqed.org/2011/11/08/newsmtg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">News Editor Dan Brekke (far right) briefs the KQED News staff on their election night assignments, which will begin immediately after they finish their pizza. (iPhone Photo: Gabriel Coan)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>5:30pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re two and a half hours from polls closing. Results will begin trickling in shortly after. Here are links to results by county:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sccgov.org/portal/site/scc\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=599\">San Francisco City and County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/current.htm\">Alameda County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/results/nov2011/default.asp\">San Mateo County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/RV/Main/MarinVotes/Index.cfm\">Marin County\u003c/a> (It’s unclear if the county will be posting results on its site.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://cocovote.us/items.aspx?id=43\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://vote.sonoma-county.org/content.aspx?sid=1009&id=2203\">Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.co.solano.ca.us/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=12063\">Solano County\u003c/a> (It’s unclear if the county will be posting results on its site tonight.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1685491013,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":58,"wordCount":1611},"headData":{"title":"Election 2011: Election Night Live Blog | KQED","description":"Update Thursday 8:25 a.m. Click here for full election results in San Francisco, the East Bay, the Peninsula and South Bay, and the North Bay. 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We’ll be posting results to key races across the Bay Area, passing on information from our reporters in the field, getting voter reactions and pointing you to what’s happening on the web-o-sphere. So grab some popcorn and a favorite beverage, put the kids on mute and the TV to bed early (wait — reverse that) and stay awhile.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update Thursday 7:08 a.m.\u003c/em> After the first round of vote-counting, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/08/MNH01LQREK.DTL\">Ed Lee has a 13-point lead over John Avalos\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 12:10am (Wed):\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay fellow news hounds, it’s time for us to call it a night. It’s been fun — thanks for reading and listening tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ll be back in less than six hours with KQED News \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/listen\">morning newscasts\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.thecaliforniareport.org/\">The California Report\u003c/a>, and, right here at News Fix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And be sure to check out \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201111090900\">Forum at 9am\u003c/a>. Guest host Scott Shafer will be taking your calls, emails, and online comments about the election. Did you vote? What are you happy about? What disappointed you? You can even leave your questions or comments starting right now in advance of the broadcast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until the morning then. Good night!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 11:55pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the mayor’s race, one of the most closely watched issues in San Francisco was containing public pension costs; and voters were presented with two measures, Propositions C and D. In the end, San Francisco \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfelections.org/results/20111108/\">voters passed\u003c/a> Prop. C, an initiative backed by Interim Mayor Ed Lee, city business interests, and some public employee unions. Backers of the measure say it will save the city 1.3 billion dollars over the next decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prop. C raises retirement age by an average of three years. City employees earning more than 50,000 dollars a year will contribute more toward their pensions, putting in more in years when the city’s costs go up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition D, a measure backed by mayoral candidate Jeff Adachi, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfelections.org/results/20111108/\">failed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 11:50pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily DeRuy, a student reporter at Stanford’s \u003ca href=\"http://peninsulapress.com\">Peninsula Press\u003c/a>, a KQED News Associate reports that a San Mateo County bond measure to upgrade community colleges \u003ca href=\"http://smartvoter.org/2011/11/08/ca/sm/meas/H/\">failed tonight in a very close race\u003c/a>. Measure H would have allowed the county’s Community College District to borrow 564 million dollars for updating buildings and technology in the county’s three community colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeRuy says that the county has passed similar measures before. In 2001 there was a bond measure that provided the community college district with 207 million dollars in bonds, and then in 2005 there was a measure that provided the schools with another 468 million — that money also went to modernizing structures and increasing earthquake safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 11:30pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the throws of a national conversation about taxes, how did Bay Area tax measures do? The San Francisco Chronicle says voters were in a “generous mood.” Read the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/08/BA881LQORH.DTL#ixzz1dBwgJlD7\">full article\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 10:28pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Mina Kim’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201111082204\">report\u003c/a> from Ed Lee’s campaign party tonight at 10pm, she described Lee’s speech as “not quite a declaration of victory, but pretty close to it.” Watch the video of the speech below, and decide for yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 10:16pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan>100% of the precincts in San Francisco have reported in. Here’s the final turnout:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ctable width=\"200\">\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\u003cstrong>Registration\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>464380\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\u003cstrong>Total Ballots Cast\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>143806\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>\u003cstrong>Turnout\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>30.9\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>You can get all the results at \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfelections.org/results/20111108/\">the San Francisco Dept. of Election’s site\u003c/a>. Surprising no one, we don’t have a mayor-elect tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 9:53pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s head down the peninsula and have a look at some key races in the South Bay:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Palo Alto, voters are approving Measure D by a wide margin in early returns. Measure D would repeal binding arbitration for police and firefighter labor negotiations, and it’s getting a yes vote of 68 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure E would change ten acres of park into a compost facility, and it’s passing with of sixty-three percent. (About a quarter of precincts are reporting.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in San Mateo County, a bond measure to upgrade the county’s three community colleges has a narrow lead with just a few precincts reporting. The measure needs a 55 percent supermajority vote to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 9:45pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Absenteeism Lower Than Previous Years\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wait, that’s bad, right? Low turnout is the theme of these off-year, odd-year municipal elections (though as any self-respecting advocate of good government will tell you, these are the elections in which citizens have the best chance to actually make an impact on their communities).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the places the low turnout is reflected: the number of mail-in (formerly known as “absentee”) ballots received. In recent statewide general elections, the number of vote-by-mail ballots has increased steadily to nearly half of all the ballots cast. A year ago, for instance, the California Secretary of State reported that 48.4 percent of the 10.3 million votes cast in the state’s general election (which featured high-profile governor’s and U.S. senator’s races) were mail ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking a look at the Bay Area’s vote-by-mail numbers for today’s election, the numbers are just a fraction of what we’ve been seeing. A quick sampling of the local mail ballot stats:]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara: 23.1 percent\u003cbr>\nAlameda: 18 percent\u003cbr>\nSan Mateo: 16.3 percent\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco: 14.9 percent\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One note: These totals don’t include vote-by-mail ballots turned in at polling places today. We don’t have a handle on how many of those ballots might be out there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update: 9:36pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Live Now: Interim Mayor and mayoral candidate Ed Lee is speaking now. You can watch the video live on \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=8424249#&cmp=twi-kgo-video-8424249\">ABC7News.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 9:26pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reporter Mina Kim sent this dispatch from Ed Lee’s party a few minutes ago:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Big cheers went up at 8:45 when absentee ballot results showed Lee far ahead. The person who announced the results said, ‘Looks like we did it!’ Some folks are already calling it for Lee. Others remain ‘optimistic’ because of unpredictability of ranked-choice voting. Mina also noted that Lee walked in to the party to Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together.” What a sweetie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 9:00pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One hour after the polls closed, the first wave of results are in. Here’s where we stand on the San Francisco mayoral race.\u003c/p>\n\u003ctable width=\"396\">\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>ED LEE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">26621\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">39.85%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>JOHN AVALOS\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">7080\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">10.6%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>DENNIS HERRERA\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">6842\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">10.24%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>DAVID CHIU\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">5585\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">8.36%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>LELAND YEE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">5514\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">8.25%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>JEFF ADACHI\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">4226\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">6.33%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>MICHELA ALIOTO-PIER\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">2914\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">4.36%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>BEVAN DUFTY\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">2844\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">4.26%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>TONY HALL\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">2547\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">3.81%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>JOANNA REES\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">1065\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">1.59%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>TERRY JOAN BAUM\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">425\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">0.64%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>PHIL TING\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">366\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">0.55%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>WILMA PANG\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">212\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">0.32%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>CESAR ASCARRUNZ\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">206\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">0.31%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>EMIL LAWRENCE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">181\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">0.27%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>PAUL CURRIER\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">97\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">0.15%\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>WRITE-IN\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">62\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd align=\"right\">0.09\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>Smartvoter.org has \u003ca href=\"http://smartvoter.org/2011/11/08/ca/\">results\u003c/a> of all races and measures throughout the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 8:12pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Live on the peninsula? One of our news associates, \u003ca href=\"http://peninsulapress.com/\">The Peninsula Press\u003c/a>, has started \u003ca href=\"http://peninsulapress.com/2011/11/08/bay-area-votes-today-follow-our-election-liveblog-tonight/\">live blogging\u003c/a> the results of South Bay races as they come in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 8:05pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 252px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" \" title=\"herreraparty\" src=\"//u.s.kqed.org/2011/11/08/herrera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"189\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The DJ stand at Dennis Herrera's campaign party. (Mina Kim/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Reporter Mina Kim is at Dennis Herrera’s campaign party at \u003ca href=\"http://www.mighty119.com/\">Club Mighty\u003c/a>, and reports that people are just starting to trickle in. A representative from the Herrera campaign acknowledged that “no one will be taking a victory lap tonight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 7:27pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In national races worth watching: The Associated Press is reporting that Ohio voters have rejected a proposal that would limit public employees’ collective-bargaining rights (a la \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=wisconsin+collective+bargaining&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=4cK&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbs=cdr:1%2Ccd_min%3A2011%2Ccd_max%3A2011&tbm=nws&source=hp&q=wisconsin+collective+bargaining&pbx=1&oq=wisconsin+collective+bargaining&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=17260l17260l2l17458l1l1l0l0l0l0l78l78l1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=b917342cc7ff7812&biw=1440&bih=680\">Wisconsin\u003c/a>). Read \u003ca href=\"http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/123859034.html\">more at NPR.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update: 6:55pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Kelly Wilkinson tells us that when she spoke to John Arntz, Director of Elections for San Francisco, today, he said that tonight’s mayoral results will only include first choices. Tomorrow, they will move to implementing ranked choice and will release preliminary results. Arntz plans to give an update every day at 4pm outside the Dept of Elections at City Hall and on \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=599\">their web site\u003c/a>. So, looks like we are in for the long haul on this one (no real surprise there).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update 6:30pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While we’re waiting for the polls to close…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fill in the blank: Ranked-choice voting should be also be used for deciding ________. Tell us on our \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/KQEDnews\">Facebook page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_46427\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/photo.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46427 \" title=\"newsroomprep\" src=\"http://u.s.kqed.org/2011/11/08/newsmtg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">News Editor Dan Brekke (far right) briefs the KQED News staff on their election night assignments, which will begin immediately after they finish their pizza. (iPhone Photo: Gabriel Coan)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>5:30pm:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re two and a half hours from polls closing. Results will begin trickling in shortly after. Here are links to results by county:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sccgov.org/portal/site/scc\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=599\">San Francisco City and County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/current.htm\">Alameda County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/results/nov2011/default.asp\">San Mateo County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/RV/Main/MarinVotes/Index.cfm\">Marin County\u003c/a> (It’s unclear if the county will be posting results on its site.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://cocovote.us/items.aspx?id=43\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://vote.sonoma-county.org/content.aspx?sid=1009&id=2203\">Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.co.solano.ca.us/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=12063\">Solano County\u003c/a> (It’s unclear if the county will be posting results on its site tonight.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/46414/election-2011-election-night-live-blog","authors":["236"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_13"],"tags":["news_2058"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_46388":{"type":"posts","id":"news_46388","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"46388","score":null,"sort":[1320795369000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"find-your-polling-place","title":"Find Your Polling Place by Bay Area County","publishDate":1320795369,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Yo, off-year election and all taken into account -- before you settle in for \"Dancing With the Stars\" tonight... get out there and vote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/Polling-Place-generic-Getty-CROP-300x3002.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-46397\" title=\"Polling-Place-generic-Getty-CROP-300x300\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/Polling-Place-generic-Getty-CROP-300x3002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://eservices.sccgov.org/pollingplace/home.do\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://gispubweb.sfgov.org/website/pollingplace/\">San Francisco City and County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/voter_poll_lookup.htm\">Alameda County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.smartvoter.org/2011/11/08/ca/sm/\">San Mateo County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/rv/main/PollPlaces/SmartVoter.cfm\">Marin 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href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/pollingplace.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-46361\" title=\"pollingplace\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/pollingplace.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"198\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Gachet/KQED\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But in the Bay Area, several interesting questions will be decided, not the least of which is who will be the next mayor of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That election is seminal in several ways. Incumbent Ed Lee is considered the favorite, and should he or fellow candidates David Chiu, Leland Yee, Jeff Adachi, or Phil Ting emerge victorious, San Francisco will have elected its first Asian-American mayor. (Lee was appointed by the Board of Supervisors, not elected by voters, when former mayor Gavin Newsom left to become Lt. Governor.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this were like every other previous San Francisco mayoral race, Lee might be considered a shoo-in. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/sf-mayoral-race/story/bay-citizenusf-poll-lee-dominates/\">mid-October poll\u003c/a> put Lee as the first choice of 31 percent of voters, out of a 16-candidate field. His nearest competitor, Dennis Herrera, garnered only eight percent in the survey. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as Don Perata learned during Oakland's mayoral contest last year, under ranked-choice voting, a lead in the first round of vote-counting does \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/data/rankedchoice/rcv-alternate-history/\">not seal the deal\u003c/a>, and can slowly dissipate over subsequent rounds. Perata commanded an 11 percent leader after the first round, but because significantly more voters chose Quan as their second or third choice, Quan emerged the victor, receiving 51% of the vote to Perata’s 49% after 10 rounds of counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://gispubweb.sfgov.org/website/pollingplace/\">\u003cstrong>Look up your polling place in San Francisco here\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Lee's opponents -- at least a few of whom are furious he assured them he wouldn't run for a permanent spot as mayor -- have been trying to pierce the sense of an inevitable Lee victory by filing complaints about \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/sf-mayoral-race/story/polls-mud-slinging-accusations/\">questionable efforts and fundraising\u003c/a> on his behalf. Several candidates even went so far as to band together in \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/sf-mayoral-race/story/lees-rivals-want-federal-election/\">requesting that the state or federal government monitor the election\u003c/a> for potential shenanigans. And indeed, the California Secretary of State's office announced yesterday it would \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/08/californias-secretary-of-state-sending-election-monitors-to-san-francisco/\">send monitors to San Francisco\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, KQED's Dan Brekke and Joshua Johnson discussed other Bay Area races and measures. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201111080633/e\">Listen to the segment or read the transcript here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/08/san-francisco-bay-area-election-2011/#resources\">\u003cstrong>Election resources and recommendations here\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"Down ballot, George Gascon is running for District Attorney,\" Brekke says. \"This would be a full term; he was appointed from the police department to replace Kamala Harris. It's a little hard to handicap the opposition there, but he's facing Sharmin Bock, Bill Fazio, a veteran of previous electoral wars for the District Attorney's office, and David Onek.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/10/13/on-the-issues-the-three-sf-sheriff-candidates-full-audio-of-last-nights-debate/\">San Francisco Sheriff's race\u003c/a>, four candidates are vying to become the successor to Michael Hennessey, who has been on the job since 1980. That's 31 years, if you're counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Michael Hennessey is an institution,\" says Brekke. \"In fact, he was a leading candidate to become the interim mayor, ahead of Ed Lee. Ross Mirkarimi, probably, coming off the Board of Supervisors, has to be considered the favorite for that job. He's running against Paul Miyamoto, Chris Cunnie, and David Wong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The marquee issue San Franciscans will decide on this year is pension reform. Last year, Public Defender Jeff Adachi introduced Proposition B, which would have required San Francisco public workers to significantly up their pension and health care contributions. The measure failed, but Adachi is back this year with \"Son of Prop B,\" asserting lessons learned in how to get his plan passed. But Ed Lee, in partnership with the city's public employee unions, has crafted a competing measure, requiring fewer givebacks than Adachi's.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adachi's measure is Proposition D, and the Lee-backed measure is Proposition C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wider Bay Area, voters in several communities will decide whether to tax themselves. Most notably, Oaklanders will vote on Measure I, a $60 million parcel tax that would be used for a \u003ca href=\"http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-10-17/news/30295213_1_library-services-ballot-measure-parcel-tax\">range of non-specific services\u003c/a>, including those related to public safety and infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Remember that with parcel taxes, there's a huge threshold they have to get across,\" says KQED's Brekke. \"They have to win by two-thirds. Last year there was a sort of break from the past in the Bay Area and the rest of the state, where most of these parcel taxes were running into the harsh reality of governments running out of money and people running out of money. So most of them failed. There are only a few of them on the ballot this time. I'd say that's a little bit because of parcel tax fatigue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What you are seeing instead are bond measures, which have a lower threshold, they only need 55 percent; and then some specialty taxes like business taxes or hotel occupancy taxes which only need a majority to win.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the South Bay, a number of Palo Alto ballot items are of particular interest, says Brekke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One, \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Palo_Alto_Elimination_of_Binding_Arbitration_Requirement,_Measure_D_%28November_2011%29\">Measure D\u003c/a>, is about ending binding arbitration for public safety workers, both police and firefighters. This is put into place because they are not unionized, and under the law down there they cannot be unionized. So binding arbitration gives them a way of sealing a deal. Some people think it's too expensive and that the city isn't getting a good deal for that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The other thing of note on the ballot is \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Palo_Alto_Undedication_of_Byxbee_Park_Acreage_for_Composting_Facility,_Measure_E_%28November_2011%29\">Measure E\u003c/a>, taking ten acres from one of the parks down there that was reclaimed land and turning that into a composting center. Everybody wants composting room because we're trying to divert less material into landfills, so people are being asked to give up a slice of park down there to accomodate that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some additional information for Bay Area voters below. And you can follow KQED's online election-night coverage right here on KQED News Fix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"resources\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://gispubweb.sfgov.org/website/pollingplace/\">San Francisco polling place lookup\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/voter_poll_lookup.htm\">Alameda County polling place lookup\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://eservices.sccgov.org/pollingplace/home.do\">Santa Clara County polling place lookup\u003c/a>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/rv/main/PollPlaces/SmartVoter.cfm\">Marin County polling place lookup\u003c/a>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/November_8,_2011_ballot_measures_in_California\">Ballotpedia: Ballot measures in California\u003c/a>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>Bay Citizen \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/data/mayors-race-2011/\">San Francisco 2011 election center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>San Jose Mercury News \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government\">election info\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_19284004\">recommendations\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_19288356\">Contra Costa Times East Bay recommendations\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/election\">Marin Independent Journal info and endorsements\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/08/ranked-choice-voting-explained-one-more-time/\">Ranked-choice voting explained\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1398475476,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":23,"wordCount":1043},"headData":{"title":"Bay Area Election Night 2011 Preview | KQED","description":"Today's off-year election may be characterized on a national level by the search for signs and portents of things to come in next year's Big Show -- the 2012 presidential contest. But in the Bay Area, several interesting questions will be decided, not the least of which is who will be the next mayor of","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Bay Area Election Night 2011 Preview","datePublished":"2011-11-08T22:24:23.000Z","dateModified":"2014-04-26T01:24:36.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"46281 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=46281","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/08/san-francisco-bay-area-election-2011/","disqusTitle":"Bay Area Election Night 2011 Preview","path":"/news/46281/san-francisco-bay-area-election-2011","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Today's off-year election may be characterized on a national level by the search for signs and portents of things to come in next year's Big Show -- the 2012 presidential contest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_46361\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 294px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/pollingplace.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-46361\" title=\"pollingplace\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/pollingplace.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"198\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Gachet/KQED\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But in the Bay Area, several interesting questions will be decided, not the least of which is who will be the next mayor of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That election is seminal in several ways. Incumbent Ed Lee is considered the favorite, and should he or fellow candidates David Chiu, Leland Yee, Jeff Adachi, or Phil Ting emerge victorious, San Francisco will have elected its first Asian-American mayor. (Lee was appointed by the Board of Supervisors, not elected by voters, when former mayor Gavin Newsom left to become Lt. Governor.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this were like every other previous San Francisco mayoral race, Lee might be considered a shoo-in. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/sf-mayoral-race/story/bay-citizenusf-poll-lee-dominates/\">mid-October poll\u003c/a> put Lee as the first choice of 31 percent of voters, out of a 16-candidate field. His nearest competitor, Dennis Herrera, garnered only eight percent in the survey. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as Don Perata learned during Oakland's mayoral contest last year, under ranked-choice voting, a lead in the first round of vote-counting does \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/data/rankedchoice/rcv-alternate-history/\">not seal the deal\u003c/a>, and can slowly dissipate over subsequent rounds. Perata commanded an 11 percent leader after the first round, but because significantly more voters chose Quan as their second or third choice, Quan emerged the victor, receiving 51% of the vote to Perata’s 49% after 10 rounds of counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://gispubweb.sfgov.org/website/pollingplace/\">\u003cstrong>Look up your polling place in San Francisco here\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Lee's opponents -- at least a few of whom are furious he assured them he wouldn't run for a permanent spot as mayor -- have been trying to pierce the sense of an inevitable Lee victory by filing complaints about \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/sf-mayoral-race/story/polls-mud-slinging-accusations/\">questionable efforts and fundraising\u003c/a> on his behalf. Several candidates even went so far as to band together in \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/sf-mayoral-race/story/lees-rivals-want-federal-election/\">requesting that the state or federal government monitor the election\u003c/a> for potential shenanigans. And indeed, the California Secretary of State's office announced yesterday it would \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/08/californias-secretary-of-state-sending-election-monitors-to-san-francisco/\">send monitors to San Francisco\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, KQED's Dan Brekke and Joshua Johnson discussed other Bay Area races and measures. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201111080633/e\">Listen to the segment or read the transcript here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/08/san-francisco-bay-area-election-2011/#resources\">\u003cstrong>Election resources and recommendations here\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"Down ballot, George Gascon is running for District Attorney,\" Brekke says. \"This would be a full term; he was appointed from the police department to replace Kamala Harris. It's a little hard to handicap the opposition there, but he's facing Sharmin Bock, Bill Fazio, a veteran of previous electoral wars for the District Attorney's office, and David Onek.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/10/13/on-the-issues-the-three-sf-sheriff-candidates-full-audio-of-last-nights-debate/\">San Francisco Sheriff's race\u003c/a>, four candidates are vying to become the successor to Michael Hennessey, who has been on the job since 1980. That's 31 years, if you're counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Michael Hennessey is an institution,\" says Brekke. \"In fact, he was a leading candidate to become the interim mayor, ahead of Ed Lee. Ross Mirkarimi, probably, coming off the Board of Supervisors, has to be considered the favorite for that job. He's running against Paul Miyamoto, Chris Cunnie, and David Wong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The marquee issue San Franciscans will decide on this year is pension reform. Last year, Public Defender Jeff Adachi introduced Proposition B, which would have required San Francisco public workers to significantly up their pension and health care contributions. The measure failed, but Adachi is back this year with \"Son of Prop B,\" asserting lessons learned in how to get his plan passed. But Ed Lee, in partnership with the city's public employee unions, has crafted a competing measure, requiring fewer givebacks than Adachi's.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adachi's measure is Proposition D, and the Lee-backed measure is Proposition C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wider Bay Area, voters in several communities will decide whether to tax themselves. Most notably, Oaklanders will vote on Measure I, a $60 million parcel tax that would be used for a \u003ca href=\"http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-10-17/news/30295213_1_library-services-ballot-measure-parcel-tax\">range of non-specific services\u003c/a>, including those related to public safety and infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Remember that with parcel taxes, there's a huge threshold they have to get across,\" says KQED's Brekke. \"They have to win by two-thirds. Last year there was a sort of break from the past in the Bay Area and the rest of the state, where most of these parcel taxes were running into the harsh reality of governments running out of money and people running out of money. So most of them failed. There are only a few of them on the ballot this time. I'd say that's a little bit because of parcel tax fatigue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What you are seeing instead are bond measures, which have a lower threshold, they only need 55 percent; and then some specialty taxes like business taxes or hotel occupancy taxes which only need a majority to win.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the South Bay, a number of Palo Alto ballot items are of particular interest, says Brekke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One, \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Palo_Alto_Elimination_of_Binding_Arbitration_Requirement,_Measure_D_%28November_2011%29\">Measure D\u003c/a>, is about ending binding arbitration for public safety workers, both police and firefighters. This is put into place because they are not unionized, and under the law down there they cannot be unionized. So binding arbitration gives them a way of sealing a deal. Some people think it's too expensive and that the city isn't getting a good deal for that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The other thing of note on the ballot is \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Palo_Alto_Undedication_of_Byxbee_Park_Acreage_for_Composting_Facility,_Measure_E_%28November_2011%29\">Measure E\u003c/a>, taking ten acres from one of the parks down there that was reclaimed land and turning that into a composting center. Everybody wants composting room because we're trying to divert less material into landfills, so people are being asked to give up a slice of park down there to accomodate that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some additional information for Bay Area voters below. And you can follow KQED's online election-night coverage right here on KQED News Fix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"resources\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://gispubweb.sfgov.org/website/pollingplace/\">San Francisco polling place lookup\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/voter_poll_lookup.htm\">Alameda County polling place lookup\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://eservices.sccgov.org/pollingplace/home.do\">Santa Clara County polling place lookup\u003c/a>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/rv/main/PollPlaces/SmartVoter.cfm\">Marin County polling place lookup\u003c/a>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/November_8,_2011_ballot_measures_in_California\">Ballotpedia: Ballot measures in California\u003c/a>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>Bay Citizen \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/data/mayors-race-2011/\">San Francisco 2011 election center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>San Jose Mercury News \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government\">election info\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_19284004\">recommendations\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_19288356\">Contra Costa Times East Bay recommendations\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/election\">Marin Independent Journal info and endorsements\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/08/ranked-choice-voting-explained-one-more-time/\">Ranked-choice voting explained\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/46281/san-francisco-bay-area-election-2011","authors":["80"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_13"],"tags":["news_2058","news_152"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_46310":{"type":"posts","id":"news_46310","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"46310","score":null,"sort":[1320781526000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"ranked-choice-voting-explained-one-more-time","title":"Ranked-Choice Voting Explained (One More Time)","publishDate":1320781526,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>San Francisco voters will elect a mayor using ranked-choice voting for the first time today. As KQED's Matthew Green writes below, while the system has its avid supporters, \"a variety of opponents have cried foul, calling the system too complex and undemocratic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials have gone the extra mile in trying to simplify their explanations of how ranked-choice voting works. The San Francisco Department of Elections has even resorted to using smiley and frowny faces in its RCV guide. Ensuring, of course, that at least a few voters will mark their first choice by drawing a grinning circle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthew Green does everything short of using hand puppets to make it simple for you \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/08/ranked-choice-voting-explained-one-more-time/#explain\">below\u003c/a>. But before you read his explanation, a few quick \"don'ts.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't mark more than one candidate in an individual column\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/frownymorethan.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-46317\" title=\"frownymorethan\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/frownymorethan-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't mark the same candidate more than once\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/frownysame.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-46318\" title=\"frownysame\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/frownysame-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And for God's sake, don't \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2000_Florida_results#Palm_Beach_County.27s_butterfly_ballots\">accidentally vote for Pat Buchanan\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/butterfly.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-46320\" title=\"BALLOT\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/butterfly-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(That's a joke. You can't really do that. He's one of a few dozen people \u003cem>not\u003c/em>on the San Francisco mayoral ballot.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ranked-Choice Voting Explained\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>by Matthew Green, KQED\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_45043\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/10/rcv-demo-ballot-400x400.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-45043\" title=\"rcv-demo-ballot-400x400\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/10/rcv-demo-ballot-400x400-300x300.gif\" alt=\"Ranked-choir voting demonstration ballot\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ranked-choice voting demonstration ballot (Courtesy SFGov.org)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, San Franciscans choose their next mayor through an electoral process called ranked-choice voting (RCV). Also known as \"instant run-off voting,\" voters will pick three candidates (instead of one), and rank them in order of preference, eliminating the need for a separate runoff election. Although this is not the first time San Francisco has employed this system (RCV was first used in 2004 for a board of supervisors race and again in the 2007 mayoral race, when Gavin Newsom was reelected with 72% of the vote) it is the first time the city is using it to decide a competitive mayor’s race that has a large candidate pool. And many are waiting to see how well it all works out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not surprisingly, RCV has its discontents; some candidates stand to benefit more than others, and a variety of opponents have cried foul, calling the system too complex and undemocratic. Last year, the system survived a court challenge alleging that it violated voters’ rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest issue at play is that you no longer need to be the top vote-getter in the first round in order to win the election; instead you need the most-combined first, second, and third choice votes. And that significantly changes the calculus. Factor in that there are a grand total of 16 candidates running for mayor this year, and you’ve got yourself a pretty thick electoral swamp to wade through.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, how’d this all begin? Well, San Franciscans voted on it (ah, the irony!). In 2002, residents approved Proposition A, effectively amending the city’s charter. The RCV system’s actually been used in smaller San Francisco elections since 2004, but never for such a high-stakes contest. It used to be you just voted for one candidate, and if no one received over 50% of the votes, a December runoff election was held, and the winner was then determined by whoever got the most votes. RCV will now be used to elect all of the city’s major elected positions, including members of the Board of Supervisors. But with Election Day just a few weeks away there still seem to be a whole lot of voters out there unfamiliar – or just flat out confused – with how RCV works. So, here’s our best stab at explaining the rules of the game:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First off, a quick preview of what the new ballot looks like. A good mock-up is available at San Francisco’s Department of Election’s site. The basic format is fairly simple: Three side-by-side columns (first-choice, second-choice and third-choice). Each column includes the names of all 16 candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 1: An Even Starting Line\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFrom the pool of 16 candidates, you pick your first, second, and third choices. (Note: you don’t have to pick three; if you want, you can just pick your first-choice, or your first two choices, etc. It also doesn’t do you any good to repeatedly pick your first-choice three times – it’ll only be counted once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If any candidate gets more than 50 percent (50% +1) of first-choice votes, that candidate is automatically elected. Game over. But, if no one receives that majority, we go to the second round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So just for kicks (and because puppets are more fun than politicians), let’s pretend we’re observing a heated mayoral race on Sesame Street (Just ignore that streets don't typically have mayors, or the fact that the candidates are made of felt and fur.). There are four candidates running, and a total of 24 voters casting ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cookie Monster (the clear frontrunner, of course, well loved for his oratorical gifts and promises of free pastries to every supporter) gets 10 first-place votes. Oscar the Grouch gets 8 first place votes (with strong support from the waste management industry and a large contingent of the generally disgruntled). Big Bird gets 4 first-place votes. And poor, impetuous Grover gets only 2 first-place votes. Since no one got more than 12 votes, there’s no clear majority, but we do have our first loser … so we move on to Round 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 2: The First Elimination\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nGrover, the candidate with the least amount of first-choice votes, is outta there! But (and here’s the part that seems to trip people up the most), for the two voters who picked Grover as a first-choice, their second-choice votes still count. Here’s how:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the voters who chose Grover picked Oscar as a second choice. So that vote goes to Oscar (who now has a total of 9 votes). The other voter in Grover’s small fan club picked Cookie Monster as a second choice. So, that vote goes to Cookie Monster (who now has 11 votes).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of Round 2, here’s the tally:\u003cbr>\nCookie Monster: 11 votes\u003cbr>\nOscar: 9 votes\u003cbr>\nBig Bird: 4 votes\u003cbr>\nStill no clear winner (because there still are three candidates standing), so onto Round 3 we go!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 3: The Deciding Moment\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThree candidates left, and Big Bird’s got the least amount of first-choice votes (only 4), so that oversized avian is done! Now, we look at the second-choice votes of those four voters who picked Big Bird as their first-choice. Remarkably, as it turns out, all four of Big Bird’s second-choice votes were for Oscar! That means that Oscar picks up four more votes, giving him (or it?) a final tally of 13 votes to Cookie Monster’s 11 votes. And thus, that grumpy, trash-dwelling green dude is the new boss in town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O.K., so in the San Francisco mayoral election, things might not be quite that simple (and all the candidates are probably going to have noses). But, hopefully this example does illustrate how a candidate can viably receive the most first-choice votes and still lose the election. Because there are 16 candidates in the real race, that same elimination process keeps going until one candidate emerges with the most votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One key to understanding the RCV instant runoff process is remembering that the number of elimination rounds is determined by the number of candidates running. So, in the case of San Francisco’s mayoral race: there are 16 candidates, thus, 15 elimination rounds to determine a winner. In the Sesame Street scenario, there are a total of 4 candidates, requiring three elimination rounds to determine the winner. Just think of it as last man/woman/puppet standing. Take a look:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 1\u003c/strong>: Four candidates on the ballot with a total of 24 votes cast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C. Monster O. Grouch B. Bird Grover Total votes\u003cbr>\n10 votes 8 votes 4 votes 2 votes 24\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 2\u003c/strong>: Three candidates standing; Grover is eliminated and his votes go to Cookie Monster and Oscar. Remember that all 24 votes still count, but some have just been transferred to other candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C. Monster O. Grouch B. Bird Total votes\u003cbr>\n11 votes 9 votes 4 votes 24\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ctt>\u003c/tt>\u003cstrong>Round 3\u003c/strong>: Two candidates left; Big Bird is eliminated and all four of his votes go to Oscar (because the people who voted for Big Bird as their first-choice picked Oscar as their second-choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C. Monster O. Grouch Total votes\u003cbr>\n11 votes 13 votes 24\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With 13 votes to Cookie Monster’s 11, Oscar the Grouch is the winner!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oakland’s 2010 Mayoral Election\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nLast year, Oakland used RCV to elect its mayor and witnessed a similar outcome: There were 10 candidates, and Don Perata, the clear frontrunner (who vastly outspent his opponents during the campaign), got 35% of the first-choice votes. That left Jean Quan in a distant second with only 24% of first-choice votes. But Quan – who anticipated this outcome and allied herself with other underdog candidates and their supporters – received far more second-choice votes than did Perata. And after all the elimination rounds, with second and third-choice votes factored in, Quan received 51% of the vote to Perata’s 49%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Critics\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSo is RCV a good thing? The jury’s still out. It really depends on who you ask. (Oakland’s Mayor Quan, I’m guessing would say yes; Don Perata … not so much. Oscar the Grouch though, is definitely a big fan.)\u003cbr>\nLike pretty much everything in politics, the system’s got its strong supporters and staunch enemies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the big arguments from supporters of RCV:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>It could save taxpayers millions by eliminating the need for local primaries and separate runoff elections.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>It boosts electoral competition because candidates only have to raise money for one election per cycle, not two or three.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>It gives underdog candidates a better chance and produces a winner that’s supported by a clear majority.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>It discourages mudslinging and negative campaigning; candidates are now more likely to ally with each.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents say:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>It’s too confusing for voters and unnecessarily adds to the complexity of an already complicated ballot.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>There is lots of room for technical error as election computers tally results through the use of a complicated algorithm.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>It encourages less popular candidates to game the system by teaming up against the frontrunner. Is this is a fair or appropriate strategy? Depends who you ask.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>It’s discriminatory to less educated or knowledgeable segments of the voting public who haven’t received sufficient instruction on how the system works.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Need a Visual Aid?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nKQED TV's \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/thisweek/\">This Week\u003c/a> got a rundown straight from the San Francisco Department of Elections. Watch the video below:\u003cbr>\n[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlyL1SEiCLQ?hd=1]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1398475482,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":73,"wordCount":1858},"headData":{"title":"Ranked-Choice Voting Explained (One More Time) | KQED","description":"San Francisco voters will elect a mayor using ranked-choice voting for the first time today. As KQED's Matthew Green writes below, while the system has its avid supporters, "a variety of opponents have cried foul, calling the system too complex and undemocratic." 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As KQED's Matthew Green writes below, while the system has its avid supporters, \"a variety of opponents have cried foul, calling the system too complex and undemocratic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials have gone the extra mile in trying to simplify their explanations of how ranked-choice voting works. The San Francisco Department of Elections has even resorted to using smiley and frowny faces in its RCV guide. Ensuring, of course, that at least a few voters will mark their first choice by drawing a grinning circle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthew Green does everything short of using hand puppets to make it simple for you \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/08/ranked-choice-voting-explained-one-more-time/#explain\">below\u003c/a>. But before you read his explanation, a few quick \"don'ts.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't mark more than one candidate in an individual column\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/frownymorethan.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-46317\" title=\"frownymorethan\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/frownymorethan-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't mark the same candidate more than once\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/frownysame.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-46318\" title=\"frownysame\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/frownysame-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And for God's sake, don't \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2000_Florida_results#Palm_Beach_County.27s_butterfly_ballots\">accidentally vote for Pat Buchanan\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/butterfly.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-46320\" title=\"BALLOT\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/butterfly-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(That's a joke. You can't really do that. He's one of a few dozen people \u003cem>not\u003c/em>on the San Francisco mayoral ballot.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ranked-Choice Voting Explained\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>by Matthew Green, KQED\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_45043\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/10/rcv-demo-ballot-400x400.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-45043\" title=\"rcv-demo-ballot-400x400\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/10/rcv-demo-ballot-400x400-300x300.gif\" alt=\"Ranked-choir voting demonstration ballot\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ranked-choice voting demonstration ballot (Courtesy SFGov.org)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, San Franciscans choose their next mayor through an electoral process called ranked-choice voting (RCV). Also known as \"instant run-off voting,\" voters will pick three candidates (instead of one), and rank them in order of preference, eliminating the need for a separate runoff election. Although this is not the first time San Francisco has employed this system (RCV was first used in 2004 for a board of supervisors race and again in the 2007 mayoral race, when Gavin Newsom was reelected with 72% of the vote) it is the first time the city is using it to decide a competitive mayor’s race that has a large candidate pool. And many are waiting to see how well it all works out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not surprisingly, RCV has its discontents; some candidates stand to benefit more than others, and a variety of opponents have cried foul, calling the system too complex and undemocratic. Last year, the system survived a court challenge alleging that it violated voters’ rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest issue at play is that you no longer need to be the top vote-getter in the first round in order to win the election; instead you need the most-combined first, second, and third choice votes. And that significantly changes the calculus. Factor in that there are a grand total of 16 candidates running for mayor this year, and you’ve got yourself a pretty thick electoral swamp to wade through.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, how’d this all begin? Well, San Franciscans voted on it (ah, the irony!). In 2002, residents approved Proposition A, effectively amending the city’s charter. The RCV system’s actually been used in smaller San Francisco elections since 2004, but never for such a high-stakes contest. It used to be you just voted for one candidate, and if no one received over 50% of the votes, a December runoff election was held, and the winner was then determined by whoever got the most votes. RCV will now be used to elect all of the city’s major elected positions, including members of the Board of Supervisors. But with Election Day just a few weeks away there still seem to be a whole lot of voters out there unfamiliar – or just flat out confused – with how RCV works. So, here’s our best stab at explaining the rules of the game:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First off, a quick preview of what the new ballot looks like. A good mock-up is available at San Francisco’s Department of Election’s site. The basic format is fairly simple: Three side-by-side columns (first-choice, second-choice and third-choice). Each column includes the names of all 16 candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 1: An Even Starting Line\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFrom the pool of 16 candidates, you pick your first, second, and third choices. (Note: you don’t have to pick three; if you want, you can just pick your first-choice, or your first two choices, etc. It also doesn’t do you any good to repeatedly pick your first-choice three times – it’ll only be counted once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If any candidate gets more than 50 percent (50% +1) of first-choice votes, that candidate is automatically elected. Game over. But, if no one receives that majority, we go to the second round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So just for kicks (and because puppets are more fun than politicians), let’s pretend we’re observing a heated mayoral race on Sesame Street (Just ignore that streets don't typically have mayors, or the fact that the candidates are made of felt and fur.). There are four candidates running, and a total of 24 voters casting ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cookie Monster (the clear frontrunner, of course, well loved for his oratorical gifts and promises of free pastries to every supporter) gets 10 first-place votes. Oscar the Grouch gets 8 first place votes (with strong support from the waste management industry and a large contingent of the generally disgruntled). Big Bird gets 4 first-place votes. And poor, impetuous Grover gets only 2 first-place votes. Since no one got more than 12 votes, there’s no clear majority, but we do have our first loser … so we move on to Round 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 2: The First Elimination\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nGrover, the candidate with the least amount of first-choice votes, is outta there! But (and here’s the part that seems to trip people up the most), for the two voters who picked Grover as a first-choice, their second-choice votes still count. Here’s how:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the voters who chose Grover picked Oscar as a second choice. So that vote goes to Oscar (who now has a total of 9 votes). The other voter in Grover’s small fan club picked Cookie Monster as a second choice. So, that vote goes to Cookie Monster (who now has 11 votes).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of Round 2, here’s the tally:\u003cbr>\nCookie Monster: 11 votes\u003cbr>\nOscar: 9 votes\u003cbr>\nBig Bird: 4 votes\u003cbr>\nStill no clear winner (because there still are three candidates standing), so onto Round 3 we go!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 3: The Deciding Moment\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThree candidates left, and Big Bird’s got the least amount of first-choice votes (only 4), so that oversized avian is done! Now, we look at the second-choice votes of those four voters who picked Big Bird as their first-choice. Remarkably, as it turns out, all four of Big Bird’s second-choice votes were for Oscar! That means that Oscar picks up four more votes, giving him (or it?) a final tally of 13 votes to Cookie Monster’s 11 votes. And thus, that grumpy, trash-dwelling green dude is the new boss in town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O.K., so in the San Francisco mayoral election, things might not be quite that simple (and all the candidates are probably going to have noses). But, hopefully this example does illustrate how a candidate can viably receive the most first-choice votes and still lose the election. Because there are 16 candidates in the real race, that same elimination process keeps going until one candidate emerges with the most votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One key to understanding the RCV instant runoff process is remembering that the number of elimination rounds is determined by the number of candidates running. So, in the case of San Francisco’s mayoral race: there are 16 candidates, thus, 15 elimination rounds to determine a winner. 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