Opinion: A fix for Santa Clara County’s expensive special elections

David Newswanger argues that Santa Clara County could have avoided the roughly $13 million cost of its December 30 assessor runoff by using ranked choice voting for special elections. The county already has voter approval through Measure F, legal authority under AB 1227, and compatible voting equipment. He urges the Board of Supervisors to adopt RCV for special elections now, since future vacancies will keep producing costly, low-turnout runoffs.

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