IRV in the News
Minneapolis Star Tribune: St. Paul Voters to get Instant Runoff Question in November
Published June 24, 2009
St. Paul, Minnesota, will vote this November whether to adopt IRV for local elections.
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San Jose Mercury News: San Jose Considers Major Change to Local Elections
Published June 12, 2009
Two San Jose city council members express support for Instant Runoff Voting at a New America-sponsored public forum.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press: Instant Runoff Voting Cleared by High Court
Published June 11, 2009
The Minnesota Supreme Court supports IRV in a unanimous decision, paving the way for its use by Minneapolis. Other Minnesota cities are likely to follow suit.
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Los Angeles Daily Breeze: Instant Runoffs Would Reduce Election Costs
Published June 8, 2009
Assembly member Ted Lieu and New America's Gautum Dutta look at the extraordinary costs of special election runoffs in Southern California.
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Aspen Times: Audit of Aspen's Election Shows No Holes in System
Published May 8, 2009
Aspen's first IRV election holds up under the scrutiny of a rigorous post-election audit.
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The Olympian: Youth Legislature Uses IRV
Published May 3, 2009
The Washington State Youth Legislature, in it's 62nd session, will use instant runoff voting for the first time, the result of legislation introduced by the current Youth Governor.
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Los Angeles Times: L.A. County to Study Using Instant Runoff Elections
Published March 31, 2009
The Los Angeles County Supervisors have voted unanimously to study IRV as a solution to their expensive, no-show special elections.
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Los Angeles Daily News: Mark Ridley-Thomas Calls for Instant Runoff System
Published March 31, 2009
The Courage Campaign joins L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas in a call for instant runoff voting.
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Los Angeles Daily News: Let's Start Instant Runoffs and Cut our Election Costs
Published March 10, 2009
L.A. City Councilor Jose Huizar advocates for instant runoff voting as a way to "substantially cut election costs and reduce voter fatigure."
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San Jose Mercury News: A Cheaper, Quicker, More Civil Way to run San Jose Elections
Published March 7, 2009
New America's Blair Bobier looks at how IRV could improve elections in San Jose.
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Common Dreams: Broken Elections
Published March 7, 2009
Blair Bobier, Deputy Director of the Political Reform Program, assesses the abysmal voter turnout of L.A.'s mayoral election and suggests that IRV would boost voter participation while saving the city millions of dollars.
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Chicago Tribune: Instant Democracy Available in Instant Runoff
Published March 2, 2009
Columnist Eric Zorn takes a comprehensive look at instant runoff elections and how it can produce a more democratic result for a special election with a crowded field of candidates.
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Burlington Free Press: City Voters Fortunate to have IRV
Published March 2, 2009
Vee Gordon, legislative chairwoman of the Vermont League of Women Voters, says that IRV is proving its worth in the current mayoral campaign in Burlington.
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WCAX TV News: Burlington Politics More Civil These Days
Published March 1, 2009
The use of Instant Runoff Voting has led to more civil campaigns in Burlington, Vermont, according to this news report.
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Los Angeles Times: Instant Runoff Voting and the community colleges
Published February 11, 2009
In this on-line posting, Robert Greene discusses how IRV could improve local elections, and cites a New America Foundation report.
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San Leandro Daily Review: Election rule changes could save money, city clerk says
Published February 7, 2009
Switching to IRV would save San Leandro tens of thousands of dollars, according to the city clerk.
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Rochester Post-Bulletin: The U.S. is ready for election reform
Published February 3, 2009
The former editor and publisher of the Post-Bulletin lists IRV as one of four essential electoral reforms.
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Sacramento Bee: Test raises caution flag on top two primary
Published January 31, 2009
New America's Steven Hill compares IRV to the top two primary.
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Duluth News Tribune: Pondering the merits of instant-runoff voting
Published January 29, 2009
Minnesota columnist Virgil Swing considers instant runoff voting and decides that it is worth a try.
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Long Beach Press-Telegram: `Instant runoff' vote forum topic
Published January 17, 2009
News article about an upcoming forum to discuss whether the city of Long Beach should use IRV to avoid costly, two round runoff elections.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune: Instant-runoff voting wins a round
Published January 14, 2009
A Minnesota court has decisively rejected a slew of challenges to instant runoff voting.
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