9 San Diego Officials Walk out of Meeting After Votes Overruled
The San Diego Association of Governors (SANDAG) use of the weighted vote provision of its operating bylaws has drawn some criticism, as nine board members walked out of a Jan. 13 meeting in protest of the procedure.
Board members on Friday voted 10–9 to elect Del Mar Mayor Terry Gaasterland to be the board’s second vice chair. But then Orange County Supervisor Nora Vargas, also on the SANDAG board, called for a weighted vote which overruled the majority and San Diego City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera was chosen.
Each SANDAG board member has one vote, called a tally vote. However, for what is called a weighted vote, each of the members also has a number of votes based on the percentage of the population he or she is representing….