Alameda County Board Of Supervisors Requests Recount Of Ranked-Choice Races, Including Oakland Mayor

CBS San Francisco

January 11, 2023

In Alameda County, several ranked-choice elections were decided by just a few votes and ther has been a public outcry by the Oakland Branch of the NAACP for a recount. They took a lot of heat for that demand, but now, it looks like they've been vindicated, as the county itself said, that may not be a bad idea.

Ranked-choice voting has been approved in a number of Bay Area cities because it's more economical, eliminating the need for costly run-off elections. But it's also been criticized for being confusing to a lot of voters. So, after several razor-thin races in November, the NAACP called for recounts. The Registrar of Voters said the group would have to pay for that -- $21,000 per day. But now, the Board of Supervisors has weighed in.

"I'm calling for a hand count, a recount of the election," said Supervisor Keith Carson. He asked the Board to request that another vote count take place, this time manually and at county expense while being monitored by an oversight committee of various stakeholders.

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