This November's local runoff election could be the city's last. A council committee presented a proposal Monday for "instant" runoff voting.

The proposal would allow voters to list candidates by rank of preference – eliminating the need for expensive runoff elections.

According to committee members, it would be great for San Diego voters.

"We would have fewer wasted votes …we'd be able to accommodate any number of write-in candidates," San Diego Libertarian Party Chair Edward Teyssier said. "We would have the winner selected by the majority in one election."

The city council will now begin studying the idea.

The instant runoff system is already being used in San Francisco.