Choice Voting Blog

Great Davis City Council meeting on Tuesday night!

The City Council (Mayor Ruth Asmundson, Mayor Pro Tempore Sue Greenwald, Ted Puntillo, Steve Souza, and Don Saylor) voted unanimously to set in motion the process of putting choice voting and a city charter before the voters in June 2006. Ted Puntillo made the motion, combining similar motions made by Steve Souza and Don Saylor.

Here are a couple "choice" audio highlights from the meeting:

• Steve Souza on representation and choice voting (1 min)
• Don Saylor on voter participation and choice voting (2 min)

A video of the May 24 Council meeting is available from the city web site. For your convenience we also made the complete audio available below.

Many members of the public voiced support for choice voting at the meeting, including former mayors and Governance Task Force members Jerry Adler and Joan Poulos, Task Force Chair Michael Levy, former President of the Davis League of Women Voters Donna Lott, Green Party of Yolo County Secretary Wilson Shealy, ASUCD External Affairs Chair James Schwab on behalf of ASUCD, Robert Baron, Philip Neustrom, Sonny Mohammadzadeh, and Christopher Jerdonek.

The Davis Enterprise and Aggie covered the story:

• 5/26/05 - California Aggie Article

  "City nears Choice Voting decision"

• 5/25/05 - Davis Enterprise Article

  "Council gives tentative support to choice voting "

Also be sure to continue checking the Media Archive for other choice voting "media appearances."

And here is the meeting audio in mp3 format for your listening pleasure:

• Staff Report (Part 1 - 12 min)
• Council Questions (Part 2 - 30 min)
• *Public Comment (Part 3 - 20 min)
• Other Council Discussion (Part 4 - 22 min)
• *Council Choice Voting Discussion (Part 5 - 14 min)
• Other Council Discussion (Part 6 - 8 min)

Please thank the members of the City Council when you get a chance for their support for choice voting and for letting the citizens decide!