Docket 0144
Roll call 2 of 3 at the meeting of May 14, 2025: 9 yes, 4 no.
This record contradicts itself
The votes recorded below don't match the tally the clerk wrote in the description. Both come from the City; neither has been changed here.
- The description says 8 voted yes; the record lists 9.
- The description says 1 was not present; the record lists none.
- The description names Fernandes Anderson as not present; the record doesn't.
The motion
City Council Vote on Ranked Choice Voting Petition
The City's own summary of the docket.
yeas 8, nays 4 (Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy), absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson).
The clerk's full description
On the message and order, referred on January 8, 2025, Docket #0144, Petition for a Special Law Re: Ranked Choice Voting in Boston, the committee submitted a report recommending that the ordinance ought to pass in a new draft. The report was accepted; the ordinance was passed in a new draft; yeas 8, nays 4 (Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy), absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson).