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In Defense of IRV
- Posted: March 18, 2009
- Author(s): Terry Bouricius
- Publication: Seven Days
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
FairVote's Terry Bouricius explains why Burlington's elections are much better under instant runoff voting than they were when the city used runoff elections. -
State's high court to expedite appeal on instant-runoff voting
- Posted: March 18, 2009
- Author(s): Steve Brandt
- Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear an appeal on a case about the constitutionality of instant runoff voting for Minneapolis elections. It has already been ruled constitutional by a Hennepin County District judge. -
An electoral reform worth considering
- Posted: March 16, 2009
- Author(s): Frank Askin
- Publication: New Jersey Law Journal
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Advocates for the adoption of instant runoff voting in New Jersey, and for the New Jersey Senate to adopt Senate Joint Resolution 43, which would create a commission to study the issue. -
Local Briefs
- Posted: March 16, 2009
- Publication: Aspen Times
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Aspen will use instant runoff voting for the first time in May. -
Instant runoff elections
- Posted: March 13, 2009
- Author(s): Adam Kleppner
- Publication: The Caledonian Record
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Letter to the editor urging the expansion of instant runoff voting beyond Burlington to statewide elections in Vermont. -
Council Looks At Changing Election Method
- Posted: March 13, 2009
- Author(s): Kendall Jones
- Publication: MyNC
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
The Cary Town Council held a hearing to decide whether or not to keep its instant runoff voting election method. -
Instant runoff voting just makes sense
- Posted: March 12, 2009
- Author(s): David Larson
- Publication: Des Moines Register
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Letter to the Editor in the Des Moines Register defending instant runoff voting against anti-IRV Op-ed. -
Jay Benanav and Jane Prince: Instant-Runoff Voting belongs on the ballot this fall in St. Paul
- Posted: March 11, 2009
- Author(s): Jay Benanav and Jane Prince
- Publication: The Pioneer Press
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Op-ed by former St. Paul Council Member Jay Benanav and his former legislative aide Jane Prince on why St. Paul voters should adopt instant runoff voting, which should be on the ballot this fall. -
Instant runoff voting could appear on November ballot
- Posted: March 11, 2009
- Author(s): Brandon Stahl
- Publication: Duluth News Tribune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
A petition to put instant runoff voting on the November ballot in Duluth, MN is making headway. -
What Are We, Stupid?
- Posted: March 11, 2009
- Author(s): Shay Totten
- Publication: Seven Days
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, FairVote
Seven Days writer Shay Totten takes a look at Burlington's recent instant runoff voting election.