Instant Run-Off Voting (IRV)

Powerpoint presentation on IRV (PDF: 348K) to the Council's Rules Committee on June 27, 2007

Independent Budget Analyst memo (PDF: 16K) and attachment (PDF: 7K) on IRVby Lisa Celaya, Fiscal Analyst, IBA on February 16, 2007

City Attorney powerpoint on IRV (PDF: 175K) by Sharon Spivak, Deputy City Attorney on December 1, 2006

Powerpoint on Election Reform (PDF: 2MB) by A. Winchcombe and S. Sprason Swindon, UK on Oct 27, 2006

Powerpoint presentation on IRV (PDF: 74K) by Lynne Serpe, New America Foundation on September 29, 2006

Mail-Only Ballot

Elections Task Force Report:
Mail-Only Balloting (PDF: 27K)

View Powerpoint Presented at the June 27, 2007 Rules Committee Meeting
Follow-up Report (PDF: 14K)

View Powerpoint Presented at the June 23, 2006 Task Force Meeting by Sharon Spivak, Deputy City Attorney:
Legal Issues: Mail-Only Ballot (PDF: 43K)

View Powerpoint Presented at the April 21, 2006 Task Force Meeting by Bonnie Stone, DD in charge of Elections in the Office of the City Clerk:
The Mail-Only Ballot (PDF: 207K)

View Reports:
Who Votes by Mail? (Berinsky, 1998)(PDF: 98K)
Five Years Later (Southwell, 2003) (PDF: 349K)

Report and information relating to the 1981 Mail-Only Ballot experience is available for public viewing in the Office of the City Clerk, City Administration Bldg, 202 C Street, 2nd Fl.