Instant Runoff Voting
Portland Charter Commission Recommends IRV
// January 29, 2010
This November, the voters of Portland (ME) will get the chance to decide if they would like to use instant runoff voting to elect their mayor, after a special Charter Commission recommended IRV by an overwhelming margin of 9 to 1. Eight elections since 2004 have yielded only plurality winners who have taken office with less than 48% of the vote. If Portland enacts IRV, the voters of Portland will begin ensuring majority-supported winners beginning in 2012.
- Portand Press-Herald: Panel's choice: Voters to rank mayoral picks
- FairVote's IRV Homepage
- More IRV News . . .
IRV in the News
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San Leandro goes with ranked-choice voting system
January 21, 2010 // Oakland TribuneAfter a much-anticipated vote, ranked-choice voting is a go in San Leandro.
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Consider shifting spring elections to fall
January 13, 2010 // Capital Times"Instant-runoff voting is working in communities across the country, including San Francisco and Burlington, Vt., and has tremendous potential to democratize our politics."
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Don Fraser and George Latimer: The case for instant-runoff voting is clear
October 30, 2009 // Star TribuneTwo former politicians tell St. Paul voters that IRV is "vitally important to us as citizens and as members of our communities."
Featured Report
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Delegating Democracy
April 3, 2008Parties have great opportunities to review and improve their election systems by incorporating reforms that give more voters an equal voice and an equal vote. From representative delegate allocation regimes to ranked choice voting and expanded suffrage rights, a political party's nomination process can be a true laboratory of democracy.