Coast to Coast, Instant Runoff Voting Builds Support

On July 18th, the night before H1024 was passed by the state Senate, the City Council of Oakland (CA) voted 6-2 to place IRV on the November ballot, folding their current two rounds of voting into one high turnout majority election in November. Representing a combined population of more than 1.6 million people, four cities and counties -- Oakland, Davis (CA), Pierce County (WA) and Minneapolis (MN) -- will vote on IRV this November.
Update: The North Carolina Governor signed the IRV bill on August 3rd; the pilot program is set to begin in 2007-2008.
[FairVote's Press Release on North Carolina]
[AP Article on IRV in North Carolina]
[San Francisco Chronicle on IRV in Oakland]
[Text of the Oakland Bill]
[Text of the North Carolina Bill]