(A) Ranked choice voting elections for the offices of Mayor and City Council member must be conducted according to the procedures in this chapter.
(B) Ranked choice voting will commence not later than the 2024 General Municipal Election and continue thereafter for all general municipal elections.
(C) The City Elections Official must coordinate with the Humboldt County Registrar of Voters to implement ranked choice voting in the 2022 General Municipal Election if that implementation is feasible.
(D) The agreement of the Humboldt County Registrar of Voters is a precondition to the election services that allow the city to use ranked choice voting and to consolidate the city's municipal election with November General Elections prior to the use of ranked choice voting.
(E) Once a candidate receives a majority of the votes, the County's Registrar of Voters is not required to continue counting to determine the candidate ranking beyond first place.
(F) The County's Registrar of Voters will report the results of the first round of tabulations and the final round of tabulations. The County's Registrar of Voters is not required to report every round of tabulations.
(G) In the event that any ballot reaches a ranking with two or more different candidates indicated, that ballot shall immediately be declared an "overvote" and that ballot shall not count as a vote for any candidate in that round or in subsequent rounds.
(Ord. 928-C.S., passed 12-7-21; Am. Ord. 955-C.S., passed 7-16-24)