The people of Sunnyvale are on course to change their city’s charter so that district-based systems can replace at-large voting systems, but the voters in Santa Clara are against such a change.
The proposed changed is called Measure B in Sunnyvale and Measure C in Santa Clara. Early results from the polls showed that 61.96% of Sunnyvale’s voters want Measure B while 59.28% of the voters in Santa Clara voted against Measure C. Measure B is something that Sunnyvale has been considering since 2018. Once it passes, Measure B will split Sunnyvale into six districts and elections will be held for districts with even and odd numbers every two years. Printing services are usually enlisted when preparing ballot papers.
If Measure C passed in Santa Clara, it would have codified a 2018 lawsuit filed against the city of Santa Clara where the plaintiffs said that the at-large voting system was denying people of color a fair shot at holding local governmental seats. The Asian Law Alliance supported the plaintiff and pointed out that Santa Clara’s city council had never had an Asian American serve on it despite the fact that this demographic makes up a large part of Santa Clara’s population.
If Measure B passed, Santa Clara’s six-district system would have remained in place until the November elections, and then the city would have moved to a three-district system at the start of 2022.
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