Litigation
May 24, 2011
San Francisco's Rank-Choice Voting Upheld
San Francisco's ranked-choice voting is not unconstitutional, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
San Francisco's instant runoff voting, which allows residents to rank their preferences for some city offices, does not disenfranchise voters, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Friday.
In a cleverly worded opinion that references "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" author Lewis Carroll, who was also a mathematician and created voting systems, Circuit Judge Marsha S. Ber...
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