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San Francisco Examiner
IRV savings
Letter to the
editor
By Caleb Kleppner
November 4, 2003
I was glad to read that Warren Hinckle thinks
instant runoff voting is a good idea in principle ("Who's on
Second?" Oct. 28), but he errs when he suggests the implementation
of instant runoff voting will be costly.
In fact, the
Department of Elections just requested a $3.5 million supplemental
appropriation for the recall, which is a reasonable estimate
of
the cost of a citywide election, which we'll be facing in December
due to The City's failure to implement instant runoff voting this
year.
The City has signed a $1.6 million contract to modify
its equipment to implement instant runoff voting, and The City has
appropriated $750,000 for voter education. This is a total one-time
cost of $2.3 million.
So it looks to me like we save $1.2
million in the first year ($3.5 minus
$2.3 million). In future
years, it's all savings, no cost.
As a voter and a taxpayer,
I can't wait to use instant runoff voting to elect supervisors
next year.
Caleb Kleppner
The
City
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