Feb 10, 2020
San Jose Spotlight: Percival: Moving San Jose’s mayoral elections to presidential years will strengthen democracy
In April 2019, in a 6-5 vote, the San Jose City Council defeated a proposal to move the timing of the city’s mayoral elections from their current gubernatorial cycle to presidential years, which have historically generated higher levels of voter participation. Indeed, political science research demonstrates clear evidence that the simplest and most effective solution for increasing voter participation in mayoral elections…