Administering IRV Elections

Due the growing popularity of instant runoff voting, a number of jurisdictions have made the switch to running ranked choice elections or are now in the transition process. This has spurred the creation of a number of best practices that can be helpful to other jurisdictions getting ready for IRV. Jurisdictions large and small are using new voting equipment, upgrades to existing equipment, hand counts or a combination of these methods to run efficient IRV elections at reasonable costs. 

• Guidelines for Conducting Rank Choice Elections
• Report on IRV and Election Integrity

Model Legislation and Ballot Language

FairVote has compiled resources to help you prepare statutory language, legislation, ballot questions, resolutions or testimony in support of IRV. We've included models, samples from a number of state and local IRV efforts and legal guidelines. For more information or assistance with legislative or legal issues relating to IRV in your state, email "irv(AT)fairvote.org."