Content Categorized with "Ranked Choice Voting"
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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: Ranked Choice 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: Ranked Choice 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: Ranked Choice 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: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Jack Nagel rebuts criticisms of IRV. -
Voting method debates go way back: Electing the Pope
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With a Three-Way Tie in VA Primary, Consensus is Off the Radar
- Posted: June 5, 2009
- Author(s): Paul Fidalgo
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Presidential Nominations Reform
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Virginia Primary Winner May Not Have Majority Support Among State Dems
- Posted: June 5, 2009
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
This Tuesday, June 9th, Virginia Democrats will hold a primary to nominate the candidate for governor that they hope will best reflect the will of the state party's voters. But with three strong candidates essentially tied in the polls, no candidate may come close to winning a majority. The instant runoff system backed by President Barack Obama and used on May 9th in Charlottesville in its "firehouse primary" would better determine which candidate best represents the will of Virginia Democrats.
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NJ Gubernatorial Primary Turnout Lowest in Years
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Will the British rank the vote? Burst of interest in IRV and PR across the pond
- Posted: May 31, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Europe, National Popular Vote, Elections Worldwide
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Fixing City Hall: Charter committee begins look at overhauling local government
- Posted: May 21, 2009
- Publication: News Review
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, FairVote
A Sacramento Charter Review Committee is looking at both instant runoff voting and proportional representation as possible chang