Content Categorized with "Ranked Choice Voting"
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A local twist to the vacancy dilemma: Instant Runoff Voting would have solved the Praisner problem
- Posted: March 1, 2009
- Author(s): Erik Connell
- Publication: Takoma Voice
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
FairVote Democracy Fellow Erik Connell explains why neither appointments nor having two elections are good ideas for vacancy ele -
Instant runoff likely in Burlington
- Posted: March 1, 2009
- Author(s): John Briggs
- Publication: Burlington Free Press
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Article breaking down the competitive race to be Burlington's next Mayor, and why it is likely to go to instant runoff voting. -
Instant runoff likely in Burlington
- Posted: March 1, 2009
- Author(s): John Briggs
- Publication: Burlington Free Press
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Article breaking down the competitive race to be Burlington's next Mayor, and why it is likely to go to instant runoff voting. -
Burlington Politics More Civil These Days
- Posted: March 1, 2009
- Author(s): Andy Potter
- Publication: WCAX News
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Report on how Burlington politics has gotten more civil over the years cites instant runoff voting as a reason why. -
SA election garners record turnout
- Posted: February 27, 2009
- Author(s): Jocelyn Wright
- Publication: Rice Thresher
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Article about Rice University's February 2009 student elections, which were done using instant runoff voting. Turnout was the highest in over two decades. -
Five ways to fix City Hall
- Posted: February 26, 2009
- Author(s): Cosmo Garvin
- Publication: Sacramento News & Review
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Article on ideas to reform Sacramento City Council and Mayoral offices where City Councilwoman Lauren Hammond advocates for instant runoff voting. -
Five ways to fix City Hall
- Posted: February 26, 2009
- Author(s): Cosmo Garvin
- Publication: Sacramento News & Review
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Article on ideas to reform Sacramento City Council and Mayoral offices where City Councilwoman Lauren Hammond advocates for instant runoff voting. -
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About IRV - But Didn't Know How to Ask
- Posted: February 25, 2009
- Author(s): Ken Picard
- Publication: Seven Days
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
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More economical solution to costly special election
- Posted: February 25, 2009
- Author(s): Erik Connell
- Publication: Gazette
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
FairVote Democracy Fellow Erik Connell details the pitfalls of runoff elections: cost and low turnout. He advocates instant runoff voting as the solution to these problems. -
For parties, the more the merrier
- Posted: February 24, 2009
- Author(s): Tom Johnson
- Publication: The City Paper
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Letter to the Editor that appears in Nashville's The City Paper. Talks about how instant runoff voting would allow voters to vote for independents.