Election Systems Positions of the League of Women Voters of California.

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ELECTION SYSTEMS

POSITION

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Support election systems for executive offices, both at the state and local levels, that require the winner to receive a majority of the votes, as long as the majority is achieved using a voting method such as Instant Runoff Voting, rather than a second, separate runoff election.
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Adopted 2001; Modified 2003; Readopted at last convention.

WHAT IS A VERTICAL POSITION? A vertical position is a position arrived at through a national, state or ILO study which has been approved for use at lower levels of League without prior permission. If a local League wants to use a position locally which is not vertical, the local League should first contact a member of the LWVC board of directors. Vertical positions are indicated by "Begin Vertical-End Vertical" notation.

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which never supports or opposes candidates or political parties.