Yes on Measure C!

For Clean Elections in San Diego

The current system lets special interests tilt elections with big spending in low-turnout primaries that yield warped, undemocratic results. Measure C moves one-on-one elections to November, when most voters cast ballots, limiting election manipulation and ensuring a true majority chooses our local leaders.

Not one other school district or city in California holds these confusing, costly, easily co-opted primary elections. Measure C aligns election rules for San Diego Schools with San Diego County’s process, holding contests for two or fewer candidates in November general elections only. Measure C is clean, consistent and common-sense.

San Diego’s top ethics expert says Measure C is a “good government reform that’s good for democracy”. San Diego’s Classroom Teachers urge YES on C because “public schools and students shouldn’t pay the price for special interest schemes.”

The City Charter bizarrely requires primary elections even when a candidate runs unopposed. It confuses voters and this year cost taxpayers $286,000 for pointless primaries in two uncontested seats. Measure C ensures elections are decided in November only. It’s simple and saves more school dollars for our schools.