By Ali Rockett

At his final City Council meeting, Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg plans to introduce a resolution supporting a change to the way South Carolina voters elect their local officials.

The resolution, which was released Dec. 14 ahead of the council’s Dec. 19 meeting, calls on the state’s Legislature to add instant runoff, or ranked-choice, voting as an alternative to current election methods. The proposed method eliminates the need for separate runoff elections by allowing voters to rank candidates, then eliminating the lowest vote-getter until one candidate has a majority of ballots cast.

Representatives from four statewide organizations, including the League of Women Voters of South Carolina, held a press conference Dec. 14 behind City Hall applauding the resolution and saying instant runoff voting saves taxpayers time and money.

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