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San Jose considers major change to local elections
- Posted: June 11, 2009
- Author(s): John Woolfolk
- Publication: San Jose Mercury News
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Frustrated by the cost of multiple elections to fill council seats and the difficulty of limiting the influence of special interests, San Jose (CA) officials consider instant runoff voting. -
Don't call Pierce County's ranked choice voting weird just because it's different
- Posted: June 11, 2009
- Author(s): Peter Callaghan
- Publication: Tacoma News Tribune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Peter Callaghan of the Tacoma News Tribune explains that although many Pierce County residents may think that their recently implemented IRV system for county elections is "weird", they should give it a chance because it has many hidden advantages. -
IRV better than old runoffs
- Posted: June 9, 2009
- Author(s): Terry Bouricius
- Publication: Aspen Times
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
FairVote's Terry Bouricius confronts critics who claim that IRV's non-monotonicity make it an unsatisfactory election system. -
Instant runoffs would reduce election costs
- Posted: June 8, 2009
- Author(s): Gautam Dutta and Ted W. Lieu
- Publication: Torrance Daily Breeze
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Opinion piece highlights the role IRV could have in shrinking California's budget deficit by eliminating the need for costly runoffs. -
Jack Nagel: Accounting of IRV's flaws had its own: There's no perfect voting system, but instant-runoff foes avoid comparisons.
- Posted: June 6, 2009
- Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Jack Nagel rebuts criticisms of IRV. -
Fixing City Hall: Charter committee begins look at overhauling local government
- Posted: May 21, 2009
- Publication: News Review
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
A Sacramento Charter Review Committee is looking at both instant runoff voting and proportional representation as possible chang -
Herbkersman, Richie - Time to run off runoffs
- Posted: May 21, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Publication: The State
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Runoffs after primaries can mean big plunges in voter turnout. Rob Richie and SC State Rep. Bill Herbkersman explain how IRV can solve this problem. -
Fixing City Hall
- Posted: May 21, 2009
- Author(s): Cosmo Garvin
- Publication: News Review
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
A Sacramento Charter Review Committee is looking at both instant runoff voting and proportional representation as possible changes to the city's charter. -
Rattiner wins TCU presidency
- Posted: May 18, 2009
- Author(s): Ben Gittleson
- Publication: Tufts Daily
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Brandon Rattiner won the presidency in Tufts University student government elections, with 52% of the vote in the school's instant runoff voting election. -
City attorney: IRV vote must wait
- Posted: May 15, 2009
- Author(s): John Briggs
- Publication: Burlington Free Press
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Article on Burlington City Attorney's decision that any attempt to repeal instant runoff voting must come during a regularly scheduled election, not during a special election.