What is Measure D?
Measure D asks Irvine voters to add two more members to the four-member city council (for a total of six members) and adopt a map that would divide the city into six corresponding city council districts. The new council would include the mayor and the six councilmembers: The mayor would remain an at-large position chosen by all voters in Irvine and would still vote on issues that come before the city council.
If voters approve the plan, Irvine would no longer have an “at-large” city council, meaning the council members would be elected only by the voters in their own district, instead of by all voters in Irvine.
This would continue a trend underway in California for years. Voting rights groups have pressed cities to adopt district elections as a way to ensure more diversity on their city councils. The measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the Irvine city council.
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Official title on the ballot: City of Irvine, Charter Amendment to Expand City Council and Establish City Council Districts
Here’s what the measure says:
“Shall a City Charter amendment that (i) increases the membership of the City Council from five to seven, with the new membership comprised of a mayor and six Council members, and (ii) provides for the transition from at-large elections to by-district elections for the six…
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