ranked choice of voting.o, what is ranked joyce voting? in march 2002 san francisco voters adopted a charter to implement ranked choice of voting, also known as instant runoff voting. san francisco voters will use it to elect most local officials by selecting a first choice candidate in the first column on the ballot and deborah second and third choice candidates in the second and third columns resect to do -- respectively. this makes it possible to elect local officials with the majority of votes. more than 50% without the need for a second runoff election. in san francisco, ranked choice of voting is for the election of members of the board of supervisors, the mayor, sharon, just -- district attorney, city attorney, treasurer, this is a recorder, and public defender. ranked joyce voting does not apply to elections for local school and community college board members. number the election of state or federal officials. ranked choice of voting does not affect the adoption ballot measures. when voters received

we hope you have ranked choice learned ranked choice of voting and was elected.ou have seen the ballot, learned how to market, and learned how the voting process works. if you have any further questions about ranked choice voting, please contact us at department of elections, city hall, room 48, 1 dr. carlton be good lit place, sentences go, california, 94102. or 415-554-4375. visit our website, www.sfelections.org. >> the next time you take a muni bus or train, there could be new technology that could make it easier to get to your destination. many are taking a position of next bus technology now in use around the city. updated at regular intervals from the comfort of their home or workplace. next bus uses satellite technology and advanced computer modeling to track buses and trains, estimating are bou

we hope you have ranked choice learned ranked choice of voting and was elected. you have seen the ballot, learned how to market, and learned how the voting process works. if you have any further questions about ranked choice voting, please contact us at department of elections, city hall, room 48, 1 dr. carlton be good lit place, sentences go, california, 94102. or 415-554-4375. visit our website, www.sfelections.org. >> happy arbor day, everyone. we have a lot of volunteers from the richmond district center. i grew up in the california area, ended up at uc-davis. i made my way out to san francisco in 1984 when i was a college student. i remember growing up on clement street. i have always lived around in richmond area, just being around a unique area of the richmond, discovering san francisco in the 1980's. >> i am hoping we can not support small businesses like this because they are the unique character that makes neighborhoods like this so rich and lively to live in. >> i have also been active as a community organizer. i worked at the chinese progressive assoc

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we talked about rank choice voting. people are really trying now for that second and third place vote. we can't ignore the whole occupy sf thing. this could have real consequences. right now lee has been fairly lucky with it, that there hasn't been horrible things happen. >> would it be fair to say this is probably the most controversial. >> several rivals there at the camp. supervisor, board of supervisors, president, others have been out there in support of the protesters. >> 16 candidates you did a great job. thank you, rachel. i would like to thank all of you for joining me here tonight. that is really all for tonight. we hope that you'll visit our website kqed.org/this week. that's where you can watch complete episodes and segments. you can subscribe and share your thoughts about the program and our stories. i'm belva davis. good night.  [soothing music] ♪ - what path might you take in your quest for total health?

we hope you have ranked choice learned ranked choice of voting and was elected. you have seen the ballot, learned how to market, and learned how the voting process works. if you have any further questions about ranked choice voting, please contact us at department of elections, city hall, room 48, 1 dr. carlton be good lit place, sentences go, california, 94102. or 415-554-4375. visit our website, www.sfelections.org. >> the san francisco cons tri of flowers in golden gate park is now showing a new exhibit that changes the way we see the plants around us. amy stewart's best-selling book, "wicked plants" is the inspiration behind the new exhibit that takes us to the dark side of the plant world. >> i am amy stewart. i am the arthur of "wicked plants," the weeds that killed lincoln's mother and other botanical atrocities. with the screens fly trap, that is kind of where everybody went initially, you mean like that? i kind of thought, well, all it does is eat up bugs. that is not very wicked. so what? by wicked, what i mean is that they are poisonous, dangerous, dea

that is to rank one, two, three and they feel comfortable doing that. >> ron is trying to outdo rank choice. he was sun unsuccessful candidate for supervisor in 2006. >> i don't believe its constitutional system because votes don't know who the final three candidates are. >> what they are complaining out at the end of the day that not all the votes go into winning candidates column. >> those monitoring the legal challenge are aware that san francisco is gearing up for the first competitor mayor's 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

or do you think that this is permanent or a test of rank voting? >> well, rank voting has been put to a test elsewhere and one of the more conservative veteran supervisors in said he wants to gof after public financing and other issues that the voters have to decide on, but he is saying enough is enough. 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 str

ballot -- how to mark the ranking choice about it. if you cannot see this poster tonight, but for it on buses, shelters, and shop windows around the city on friday. this will remind you of the three most important things about rank choice voting. if you do not want to rank of three columns, you can leave the extras blank. do not mark more than one choice in a single column. the bill not be able to tell the vote in that column or any that comes after it. perhaps most important, do not rank the same candidate three times. we count the first choice as long as they are in the race. if they are eliminated, we need a different choice. sort of like you are in a restaurant and the waiter comes over to say that what you ordered this off the menu. you have two choices. you can not eat at all, or eat what is next best on the menu. if your first choice is eliminated, either your next best choice gets nominated, and you can have your vote to transfer to their if your first choice is eliminated. if you have questions, we have a 10 minute video that

it was the first rank choice was used there. 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 distr

ranked 46. still a lot of them around. >> if a deer hits you or you hit it, your car could be totalled. >> and you could be severely injured. >> yes. >> hello. >>> as we went through the whole weekend, we had some of our coolest temperatures since all the way -- going all the way back to early may. >> really? >> yes. >> good thing is we're going to start warming up. really nice stretch coming our way, as you'll see in just a couple of minutes. we're at 48 degrees. the wind is calm. right now the dewpoint and temperature is at 42 degrees,'too bad. there is some rain out there right now. 42 degrees in frederick. 50 degrees in fredericksburg, virginia, with a light wind. here's a look at what's going on. look at that spin right there. that's an area of low pressure. another low pressure system rotating through. that's the stubborn one that was stuck to the west of our area over the weekend. you can see the rotation there. some showers right now south of d.c. dale city and waldorf, spinning on throu

can he get his first win against the ranked opponent? the caps hit the ice to open the season and a former national helps keep his new team world series hopes alive. those and more coming >>> randy having a rough go of things his first season at maryland. the terps are 2-2, including an embarrassing loss to temple. plus, they have been plagued by injuries. six of his front seven on defense are hurt and having a profound effect on their ability to stop the run. the terps gave up 285 yards on the ground and this week it doesn't get any easier. they hit the road for the first time this season to face 13th ranked georgia tech. the yellow jackets lead the nation in rushing yardage and are second in total offense. this will be a big test for etzel. >> we are looking forward to the challenge going down. of course ranked first in the nation in rushing offense. their second in total offense and second in scoring offense. >> maryland soccer ranked second in the nation. at virginia, the game was tied at one, but uva junior honed the game winner. vi

amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now on how ranked choice voting works. if no candidate receives the most votes. first the candidate with the fewest first choice votes is eliminated. in this case candidate b. then voters will have their votes transferred to the second choice candidate. if not the process continues of eliminating candidates and then redistributing votes. >>> bay area weekend is here and one thing that's going to stick around are the very cold overnigh lows. this morning it was cold. tomorrow morning, saturday morning it'll be cold as well. look for frost in some of those isolated valleys. you will notice the cold as you get going. that's santa rosa 39-degree. you go north or east up toward rincon valley you're going to find temperatures in this area in the mid- and high 30s. same for the napa area. san helena into cawastoga. you get on the outer regions and you will find those mid- 30s. high pressure stays in control. the weekend looks great. as this high pressure tracks everything to the north we stay dry, we stick with the very cool over

and earlier we asked him how much stock he put in the ranking.id shah is the coach. >> reporter: how much stock do you put in the rankies? you are ranked fourth? >> zero. it means absolutely nothing right now. it's so early. i told the guys it doesn't mean for a month. means nothing for a month. that's for other people to talk about. we got to go out on saturdays and play our best football. >> big deal for stanford. usc followed by oregon. this is olympic skier tim. and he was one of 12 professional skiers taking a break from sponsor business to have some fun and that's at -- you know, the house of air. good relaxation thing. i recommend. bounce around. feel good. >> you do? >> we will have to try that. >>> the morning news will have an update on the occupy protest in oakland and san francisco with concerns police may move in on the protesters. details then. till then, good night everybody. every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business. it's good for the entire

. >> we thank the ranking member. are just want to say i think the south bound flow of cash and weapons is the big issue which is why we double the size of these teams that conceive weapons and cash and strangle the lifeblood of the cartel's. we authorize additional you ave support in the border area grants you talked about which was authorized in my amendment joined by congressman cuellar. and the afghanistan/pakistan border we are moving technologies to the south and that is smart as we wind down operations. this surveillance we can move and deployed to the southwest border and save the taxpayers' money as well. i would like to recognize the gentleman from florida. >> appreciate it very much. question for the generals. why are the iranians in your opinion opening embassies as the gentleman from south carolina indicated throughout latin america including countries where there are no significant commercial relationships or expatriate communities? is it possible to give platforms to the intelligence service and proxies