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Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 3:58 PM
To: Yasuda, Erica; Woodward, Carrie; City Clerk
Subject: New eComment for Regular Meeting of the City Council
New eComment for Regular Meeting of the City
Council
Lorena Martinez submitted a new eComment.
Meeting: Regular Meeting of the City Council
Item: PUBLIC INPUT— Members of the public may submit comments in writing to address the
City Council on items on the Closed Session Agenda.
eComment: To the Members of the City Council, Thank you for the opportunity to comment. My
name is Lorena Martinez and I am a supporter of Voters Choose; and I have lived in Tustin for
20 years. I am making a comment to request that you adopt Rank and Add instead of district-
based elections, and that you put Rank and Add on the City's agenda for more public discussion.
The litigation from the California Voting Rights Act shows we cannot keep at-large elections
without making some changes. Checking off boxes allows candidates to win in slates and ignore
many voters. But as a Latin person, I am against districts, too, especially on their own. Districts
will box us in one seat, and many of us won't live in that district, so that person won't have an
incentive to represent all of us. I also don't want to have fewer choices to vote for in elections,
and fewer votes to give candidates. Rank and Add will solve these problems. It's simple and it
should be legal under the California Voting Rights Act. I would like you to institute it in my
community, because I want everyone to have a voice for the issues they care about, and I think
this system will be good for Asian Americans, Latinos, and everybody. Please host an agenda
item on Rank and Add. That way, we can discuss it as a City, and more people can decide if it's
a good idea. I trust the City Council and believe this is a good City, so I am commenting because
I trust that you will listen to me. Thank you, Lorena Martinez
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