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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN <br />THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA AND THE CITIES OF <br />OAKLAND, BERKELEY AND SAN LEANDRO <br />This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU"), dated as of February 1, 2010, is by and <br />between the County of Alameda, hereinafter referred to as the "County," and the City of <br />Oakland, the City of Berkeley and the City of San Leandro, each of which is hereinafter <br />referred to as a "City," or together, the "Cities." <br />WITNESSETH <br />Whereas, the Registrar of Voters ("Registrar") for the County of Alameda conducts <br />elections on behalf of the Cities and other jurisdictions; <br />Whereas, the Cities desire to hold certain local elections using Ranked Choice Voting <br />("RCV"); <br />Whereas, the Registrar currently contracts with Sequoia, Inc. for its voting equipment and <br />software; <br />Whereas, the Registrar will have to enter into an agreement or amendment to its contract <br />with Sequoia, Inc. to upgrade its voting equipment and software to conduct RCV elections <br />pursuant to the Cities' requests; <br />Whereas, the Cities have each agreed to reimburse the Registrar its proportionate share of <br />the costs of upgrading the Sequoia voting equipment and software, as well as other setup <br />costs attributable to RCV ("Proportionate Share") and the Registrar has relied on the <br />Cities' agreement to reimburse the Registrar for such costs before entering into the <br />agreement or amendment with Sequoia to upgrade its voting equipment to conduct RCV <br />elections; <br />Now, therefore it is agreed that each City shall reimburse the Registrar its Proportionate <br />Share of the RCV setup costs on the General Terms and Conditions hereinafter specified in <br />this MOU. <br />The term of this MOU shall be from the Effective Date set forth in Section 2 and continue <br />until no party to this MOU, including jurisdictions that join in the future, continues to hold <br />elections that use RCV. <br />