| Angelina Hicks | Voice of OC |
While ballots are still being counted, Irvine’s Measure D — which would change the city’s current election system to a new method known as ranked choice voting — is on track to pass.
”Voters can vote their conscience
“I’m thrilled that we will have ranked choice voting,” Councilmember Kathleen Treseder wrote in a text message to Voice of OC Monday afternoon. “For years, we have had bad actors in the city run spoiler candidates to manipulate city elections. The residents will be much better off now.”
Voter Choice Irvine, a resident group that supported the measure, said they’re working on a campaign to help educate voters ahead of 2028.
“Ranked choice voting means voters can vote their conscience every time, without fear of wasting their vote,” Director of Voter Choice Irvine Branda Lin said in a Nov. 5 statement. “With RCV in Irvine, voters will have more choice, campaigns will be more positive, and winners will always have majority support. That’s a big difference from our current system, where spoiler candidates and vote-splitting routinely result in candidates winning with only a third of the vote.”