Long Beach Schools Hear IRV Presentation
Today Long Beach City Clerk Larry Herrera made a presentation on Instant Runoff Voting to the Long Beach Unified School Board. Mr. Herrera covered the basics of IRV: its cost savings, potential increase in voter turnout, along with cities where IRV is currently used. Afterwards, Gautam Dutta of New America Foundation provided an update on the progress IRV has made in Los Angeles.
The City Clerk followed the presentation with a question-and-answer session. If adopted, IRV will save Long Beach taxpayers $4.1 million. While no official vote was taken, Long Beach school leaders expressed strong interest in learning more about how IRV could save valuable education funds.
"We thank City Clerk Herrera for educating Long Beach leaders about IRV," Gautam Dutta of New America Foundation said. "It's been a true pleasure working with him and his office," Dutta added.
