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Instant Runoff Voting | Press-Telegram (California)

September 26, 2009
Gautam Dutta's comments on IRV in Long Beach have been published The Press-Telegram. ... Original Article

Gautam Dutta in the Long Beach Press-Telegram | 'Long Beach City Clerk Warns Council of Voter Fatigue'

July 8, 2008

...Gautam Dutta, deputy director of the Political Reform Program for the non-profit New America Foundation, who was invited by Herrera to speak at the committee meeting, told the council that voter turnout increased 168 percent in San Francisco after initiating instant runoff voting.

Joel Kotkin on Mayor Villaraigosa in the Long Beach Press-Telegram

January 1, 2007

Even as he burnished his image as an international political figure, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa faced heightened challenges at home last year over his aggressive efforts to consolidate and assert his authority.

One of just two officials nationally to offer the Democratic response to President George W. Bush's State of the Union address last January, Villaraigosa also hosted Mexican President Vicente Fox and British Prime Minister Tony Blair and was feted during a trade mission to Asia

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