Petition to Enact Ranked Choice Voting and Consolidated Elections in Long Beach, CA.
What am I Signing?
The following is a petition asking elected officials to enact ranked choice voting. It also asks them to eliminate primaries and two-round runoffs and replace them with a single November election using ranked choice voting.
We will collect signatures until Dec 1, 2025. At this point, the petition, along with the signatures of all applicable residents and organizations, will be delivered to the Long Beach Equity Commission and/or City Council.
Your personal information will only be used for this petition, updates on our group’s progress, and invitations to related events in your area. When you submit your signature, you will be able to opt out of updates and invitations.
The Petition
“WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, PETITION the City of Long Beach to pass an ordinance indicating that we will use ranked choice voting for all city elections when LA County makes this available. This would replace our current system of plurality, winner-take-all elections and eliminate the two-round runoff model, resulting in a single, high-turnout election in November of each election year.
Furthermore, we petition the Long Beach City Council to pass an ordinance implementing ranked choice voting for all elected offices, including City Council and School Board. Within each of our nine council districts, we would maintain our current single representative system, but replace the city’s current model of plurality, winner-take-all elections.
We State or Believe:
Petitioners are residents of the City of Long Beach.
Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) gives voters more choices, encourages more participation from prospective candidates, and creates a less hostile campaign environment focusing more on issues and substance.
Primaries generally see very low voter participation, and two-round runoff formats, such as the current Long Beach City Council races, create a needlessly long and expensive campaign season, effectively barring large segments of the population from seeking office. RCV allows all elections to be consolidated, dramatically increases voter turnout, and shortens the campaign season.
Implementing upgrades to our elections will reinvigorate our political process, invite new and previously unheard voices to participate in government, and enable unrepresented or underrepresented groups to win fair representation within our elected bodies.
Respectfully,
The Undersigned.”
Your Signature
To sign this petition, you must be a legal resident of Long Beach. By signing this petition, you permit your name and zip code to be added to the list of signatures that will be presented to the Long Beach Equity Commission and Long Beach City Council.
You are signing as an individual.