Californians for Electoral Reform

	Californians for Electoral Reform	PO Box 128, Sacramento, CA 95812 916-455-8021

We are a nonpartisan coalition of Californians who believe that all citizens deserve equal and satisfactory representation in government. We are working to promote and implement voting methods that fulfill this right as much as possible.

What's New

CfER's Annual General Meeting (AGM) is on May 10 in Davis.

The City of Los Angeles is considering IRV after holding an expensive run off vote with about 4% turnout. See irvinla.org

The state legislature approved AB 1294, but it was vetoed by the governor. This would have codified ranked choice elections in state law and allow general law cities (those without charters) to use these election methods. See our legislation page for details.

Big success in Oakland in November 2006, where voters approved a ballot measure for instant runoffs by a wide margin. On the same day voters in Davis approved a measure instructing the city council to take a serious look at choice voting.

Voters in San Francisco overwhelmingly approve their use of ranked choice voting (their name for instant runoff voting), as shown by these exit polls taken after the 2004 and 2005 elections

Current CfER campaigns

Learn about electoral reform!
Introduction: Improving the California Republic
Library of educational material about election reform
Try a DemoChoice poll

Take action!
Urge the Los Angeles City Council to put IRV on the ballot
Help support important legislation at the state and national level
Campaign for election reform in your community
Spread the word to your community or group
Join CfER - or renew, update your records, or request information

News and events:
CfER Calendar of Events
CfER newsletter Voice for Democracy
email discussion lists

Links to groups we work with:
Cal IRV
FairVote - the Center for Voting and Democracy

Quote of the day: "We might as well require a man to wear still the same coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors." -- Thomas Jefferson, to Samuel Kercheval, 1810

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Page last revised April 22, 2008