A stunning twist in the Oakland School Board race. Mike Hutchinson – who thought he lost his race in District 4 - actually won. The Alameda County Registrar of Voters revealed an error in the tabulation process that would have moved Hutchinson from third place to first.
Until now, Nick Resnick was declared the winner. "Several jurisdictions use Ranked-Choice Voting to conduct their elections in the County of Alameda. The ROV learned that its RCV tally system was not configured properly for the November 2022 General Election. It should have been configured to advance ballots to the next ranking immediately when no candidate was selected for a particular round.
Mike Hutchinson, a former teacher and now education advocate, speaks before the school board during an Oakland Unified School District meeting where the proposals to merge several elementary schools were discussed at La Escuelita Education Center inSean Dugar, with the California Ranked Choice Voting Coalition, said, "It’s human error. It’s simply a button that was checked on the algorithm that should not have been checked.
"They were able to narrow it down to a problem we call ‘suspended ballots’ which is a ballot where someone may have skipped their first choice ranking but ranked somewhere else on their ballot," said Dugar. Registrar's office error results in apparent new winner in Oakland school board race The school board race was so tight that those extra votes were enough to bump Hutchinson up. But instead, he was eliminated. Hutchinson is now seeking legal advice, and wants the new results certified.
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