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Marisa Aguayo
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Subject:City of Chula Vista: Charter Review Commission - Contact us
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Form Name: Charter Review Commission - Contact Us
Date & Time: 08/26/2020 11:13 AM
Response #: 9
Submitter ID: 83364
IP address: 2600:8801:a804:b400:516f:8e8e:9b0:1e7f
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First Name Ramon
Last Name Riesgo
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Hello,
I was wondering if the Charter Review Commission could examine changing Chula Vista’s voting system to approval voting.
Even though Chula Vista has a nonpartisan voting system it clearly isn’t and it allows a small group of people to keep getting
elected even if a majority of voters don’t vote for them (especially in primaries). Instead of the current, primary then the top
two go to a run off system, Chula Vista can make a fairer system with approval voting. Approval voting is simple, on your
ballot you get a list of candidates and you vote for as many as you want no primary necessary (would be cheap too as the
ballot would look exactly the same). The one with the most votes wins as they had the most voter approval. For example in
District 4 in 2016 Mike Diaz made it to the runoff because both Democrats siphoned votes from one another allowing him to
get through. A Democrat could have won District 4 with approval voting as one of the Democrats would have been the
second choice for many voters giving him the highest approval. But with the current system we are forced to chose between
two candidates in the general even if we don’t like them. Approval voting would be more fairer and remove this jungle
primary system by making Chula Vista elections truly non-partisan. Fargo, ND and St. Louis are leading the change to
approval voting, Chula Vista should be next. So I hope the Charter Review Commission can examine and discuss changing the
system. Here is a link with a FAQ on approval voting:
https://electionscience.org/approval-voting-faqs/
-Ramon Riesgo
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