Better Ballot Sacramento

We are building a movement to support for Sacramento's local elections!

Join us! Many opportunities to volunteer!

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A poll last year found that 70% of Bay Area voters in cities using want to keep or expand the reform, and 92% understand well!

Now... If we did a similar poll of Sacramento voters about Sacramento's current election process, do you think that process would get similar results?

Not likely.. considering Sac's current process routinely excludes tens of thousands of voters..

Let's replace Sac's dysfunctional process with Ranked Choice Voting! It's backed by evidence, easily understood, and widely preferred!

Poll shows Bay Area voters like ranked choice voting and are interested in proportional representation - FairVote A recent FairVote/SurveyUSA poll of voters in California’s Bay Area found that 70% of voters want to keep or expand ranked choice voting.

By adopting , Sacramento could allow candidates to run in the General Election in the Fall, where twice as many people are voting!

This reform will:

✅️ improve equitable representation of all community members,
✅️ allow candidates to engage the whole community instead of narrow entrenched interests,
✅️ empower candidates to gain trust and advance broadly appealing solutions,
✅️ produce election outcomes where voters feel buy-in, and
✅️ SAVE TAXPAYER MONEY by eliminating unnecessary runoff elections!💰

Thank you The Ring of Democracy for a great interview about for Sacramento's local elections!

The Ring of Democracy Interview on Ranked Choice Voting with Paula Lee of League of Women Voters Join us for nonpartisan interviews to prepare voters for the upcoming elections. We focus on giving all communities, especially those often overlooked, acces...

"The Poor People's Campaign, Sacramento strongly supports adopting for Sacramento's local elections!

"Adopting will give greater voice to Sacramento's disadvantaged communities that are currently marginalized by the existing election system.

"We will partner actively with the Better Ballot Sacramento coalition to support this important improvement."

- Lead Organizer Faye Wilson Kennedy

Under Sacramento's current election process, three out of every four races for City Council are decided in the Primary in the Spring, which consistently gets extremely low voter participation..

Sacramentans show up to vote in the Fall but Sac's already crowned a winner in the Spring!

This exclusionary process cuts out tens of thousands of active voters, every cycle!

We propose replacing this inequitable process. By adopting , Sacramento could allow candidates to run in the Fall, where more people are voting & diverse voices can be heard!

Dozens of supporters attended yesterday's City Council meeting to convey to our elected officials that residents want an opportunity to vote for improving elections!

We thank our Mayor & City Council members for listening to all our public comments!

We are asking our Mayor & Council to please place a measure on the November 2026 ballot, asking voters whether to adopt for future City Council elections!

Mayor Kevin McCarty
Lisa Kaplan, Sacramento City Councilwoman, District 1
Vice Mayor Karina Talamantes
Roger Dickinson
Eric Guerra for Supervisor
Councilmember Mai Vang
Councilmember Phil Pluckebaum
Caity Maple
Rick Jennings

Contact the Mayor's office & your City Council representative!

(see "Find Your City Council Member" link in comments)

Ask them to place on this November's ballot!

You can call or email their office..

All we're asking is that City Council gives the voters a choice.. Let the voters choose whether to adopt !

Check out our website (link in comments) to learn why..

Holding 2 elections to make 1 decision is expensive! 💸

Yet Sacramento's current process spends significant taxpayer 💰 on unnecessary runoff elections.

With our City now facing a massive budget deficit, forcing cuts to vital services, could save money for services, by adopting for local elections.

Ranked Choice Voting only needs 1 election to make 1 decision. Imagine that 🙂