race and everybody is talking about what happened in oakland, jean qan had fewer votes this than don perata but pulled off a victory by gathering more second and third choice votes. a political science professor citizen it changes the die nap zblix it does change the calculation of candidates in terms what happens in local races and makes it more complicated for voters. >> the court of appeals upheld rank choice voting system by unanimous system. rank choice may not be perfect, it is far from unconstitutional. joining us from the legally of women voters is the current president is katherine gavzy. i love working with the league of women voters. i was happy to be part of that. i'm interested in oakland issues but you have different deadlines. >> yes, we have an election coming up. there will be. >> the reason? >> it's the money. we have no candidates are running in this election. there are three battle measures on the ballot. voters will receive their ballots in the next few days. they need to mail them in by november 15th harks is the deadline for the registrar of voters receiving the ballo

we saw what happened in oakland with a surprise when don perata was supposed to be mayor, but polls showed him 35% for the first round, but it seems to be softening, because he is beat up on a number of issues. one of the big things is ethics charges. not charges but allegations that not necessarily the mayor but as campaign or some of the indepen"ent expenditures put out there to support him have raised questions about who is really supporting him. he has had tight alliances with former mayor willie brown who is a dynamic figure in city politics for a long time. rose pack and a lot of people may not have known about her, but insiders know her as a chinatown power broker and who is behind him? he is an affable long time city bureaucrat, and min stray or ao and does he know what is going on around him? >> and nothing is more fun than eight candidates, and are there issues that distinguish them or outliers on the end or a clump of them? >> if you are a voter, i would say to go to the web sites because that is the best place to see where they stand on the issue issues, but when you go to deba

don perata was 11 points ahead but jean quan captured more second and third place ro votes leading to her surprising win. >> i know people today, people say what happened? >> perata accepted his defeat but some voters are confused about the system. >> if you can't explain how in the ninth count you lose, if i can't understand it, how can a voter understand it? >> they believe it worked in oakland. san francisco is now a crucial test. >> san francisco election will be a test because people are aware of rank choice voting. >> a supervisor has his way, voters won't become too familiar with it. on election day he plans to submit a proposal for the june ballot to repeal rank choice voting. >> whoever is the next mayor will be elected with the majority of votes. >> but there are many supporters. >> i love it, we'll see what the voters think. >> the elections department hopes to have most of the ballots counted by the friday after the tuesday election. >>> this week the oakland school district is expected to decide whether to close five elementary schools to save money and consolidate for a