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 Instant-runoff voting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this vote, the candidates for the capital are Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga, and Knoxville.
In order to increase awareness of the voting method and to demonstrate it in a real-world situation, the Independence Party of Minnesota tested IRV by using it in a straw poll during the 2004 Minnesota caucuses (results favored John Edwards).
In September 2003, an amendment to the California State Constitution was proposed (SCA 14) with wide-ranging goals of election reform, including ranked-choice voting for statewide offices.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting

  
 Instant Runoff Voting Primer FairVote Minnesota
Instant Runoff Voting would assure that the principle of majority rule is upheld in Minnesota elections.
In Minnesota in 1998, not a single state-wide constitutional officer was elected with a majority of the vote.
IRV is a ranked ballot method of voting that results in a winner chosen by a majority of the voters.
http://www.fairvotemn.org/resources/tools/irvprimer_11142002.html

  
 American Prospect Online - ViewWeb
With one vote of the legislature and a stroke of the governor's pen, these states could solve their spoiler dilemma by implementing instant-runoff voting this year (no constitutional amendment is required, as each state is permitted to decide for itself how to allocate its electors).
Instant-runoff voting, which is used to elect the mayor of London, president of Ireland, and Australia's House of Representatives, simulates a series of runoff elections, but in a single round of voting that corrects the flaws of our current plurality method: the spoiler problem and lack of majority rule.
With instant-runoff voting, every voter gains the option of picking not only his or her first-choice candidate but also ranking a second and third choice as his or her runoff choices.
http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=8239

  
 City Measure Proposes Instant Runoff Voting - The Daily Californian
Traditional elections are expensive-$300,000 for mayoral runoff elections and $100,000 for each council district.
The measure would bar Berkeley from implementing instant runoff voting until Alameda County follows suit, because the county's voting machines are not equipped to handle the new voting system.
Supporters of instant runoff voting say if Berkeley follows in the footsteps of cities like San Francisco and Cambridge, Mass., it could cut election costs in half, increase voter participation, and make elections fairer and more civil.
http://www.dailycal.org/article.php?id=14252

  
 ZNet Labor Instant Runoff Voting in Alaska
Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), also known as preferential voting, is a method of voting that allows voters to rank up to five candidates in order of preference.
First, the goal of instant runoff voting is simply this: to guarantee that elected officials have the support of more than a 50 percent majority of voters.
Instant runoff voting gives voters more power as it lets voters rank candidates (1, 2, 3) instead of settling for one.
http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=2249§ionID=19

  
 Instant Runoff Voting
According to a CVD pamphlet, Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) is used to elect the Australian lower house, the President of the Republic of Ireland, the Mayor of London, and the Cambridge, Mass.
Under SMP, I am voting for someone who is probably not loyal to my faction, and I have to read the fine print on his platform, hope he keeps his word, and hope no major issues come up before the next election that weren't covered by his platform.
Currently, these officers are chosen by majority vote in elections that are internal to the respective legislatures.
http://www.ghg.net/redflame/irv.htm

  
 Instant Runoff Voting
Australians call IRV "Alternative Vote" or "Majority Preferential Voting" and use it to elect their lower house of parliament and the mayors of all their major cities.
We too often see a far-right candidate lead a couple thousand zealous supporters to vote in a primary election, and so win the Republican nomination in a district that always elects that party's nominee.
No lesser-of-two-evils voting, as the voter can mark his sincere 1st choice without fear of wasting his vote.
http://accuratedemocracy.com/c_irv.htm

  
 Instant Runoff Voting
In our stand-alone runoff elections, winning a majority often means winning a "majority" of the 10 or 15 percent of the voters who bother to show up.
This is done until one candidate wins a clear majority of the vote.
This works just like a separate runoff election, only without the weeks of delay, lowered voter turnout, and extra cost of holding another election.
http://www.polizeros.com/stories/2002/11/08/instantRunoffVoting.html

  
 Instant Runoff Voting - Vermont
Instant runoff voting would almost certainly be found constitutional by the Vermont Supreme Court.
This way, you can vote for the candidate you like best (even if that candidate has no chance of winning) without the threat that you are leaving the decision up to the other voters who vote for the most popular candidates.
Each time, your vote is applied to the candidate you ranked highest who is still in the running.
http://www.fairvotevermont.org

  
 Instant Runoff Mock Vote
In non-presidential voting years, voter turnout is a horrific 35%.
Instant Runoff Voting is a system that allows each voter to cast 3 votes per office.
Notice that with instant runoff, voters can vote their conscience without worrying about implicitly aiding a candidate they dislike.
http://www.bitmechanic.com/vote

  
 Dennis Kucinich on Campaign Reform and IRV
As stated by the Center for Voting and Democracy, Instant Runoff Voting is a sensible reform for elections where one person wins.
IRV offers a cost-effective way of insuring that the winning candidate is preferred by a majority of voters; it encourages voters to vote their wishes and not their fears; it promotes greater voter turnout and positive campaigning.
Each voter has one vote, and ranks candidates in order of personal choice (1, 2, 3, etc.).
http://www.kucinich.us/issues/campaignreform-irv.php

  
 March 2004 Ballot Measure: I - Charter Amendment - Instant Runoff Voting
For purposes of this charter “instant runoff voting” shall refer to a voting system which, in a single election, determines the candidate supported by the voters.
Financial Implications: The savings from avoiding a runoff election ranges between $100,000 for a runoff election in a council district, to $300,000 for a citywide runoff election for mayor or auditor.
Approval of IRV voting systems by the Secretary of State is imminent.
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/elections/measures/2004/march/Iirv.htm

  
 Crossover Voting - Primary Runoff Elections / Alabama Secretary of State
Crossover voting occurs when a voter who participated in one political party's primary election votes in the primary run-off election for an opposing political party.
The Democratic Party has adopted a crossover voting rule that prohibits a voter from participating in its primary runoff election if the voter participated in another political party's primary election.
For example, a voter who participated in the Republican Party primary may not vote in the Democratic Party's primary runoff.
http://www.sos.state.al.us/election/2002/primary/crossover.cfm

  
 S.F. takes lead with instant-runoff voting
The runoff rankings will be used to determine which candidate has support from a popular majority (more than half of voters), and accomplish this in one election so that we don't need to hold a "delayed runoff" in December.
Proposition A, passed by voters in March 2002, enacted ranked-choice voting for use in all local offices, including mayor, district attorney and city attorney (but excluding school board or community-college board).
Steven Hill is a San Francisco resident and senior analyst with the Center for Voting and Democracy.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/11/EDG2796ALQ1.DTL&type=printable

  
 Instant Runoff Voting
Otherwise, the weakest candidate is eliminated and his or her votes are reallocated to the voters’ second choices.
In this way, IRV ensures a winner supported by the majority of voters, and also that votes for minor party candidates do not inadvertently aid in the election of a candidates those voters want the least.
Even worse, the adoption of instant runoff voting for legislative elections could actually set back the PR movement in the US, or at least distract from it.
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/articles/irv.htm

  
 Nathan Newman: Instant Runoff Voting: Solving the Nader Dilemma
In Alaska, a statewide referendum will be held on the fall ballot to implement instant runoff voting for certain state races, largely supported by Republican activists who feel Democrats have snuck into office based on a divided conservative opposition.
Conversely, in New Mexico where Green candidacies have helped elect Republicans to the governorship and Congress, Democrats have supported a constitutional amendment for instant runoff voting.
As a Hollywood director once said, "if you want to send a message, send a telegram." Elections are about power and are played for keeps, as George W. shows everyday as he hands out goodies to corporate allies and seeks to appoint rightwing judges to the bench.
http://www.nathannewman.org/archives/000044.shtml

  
 Coalition for Instant Runoff Voting - Why IRV
Only 70% of the registered voters voted in the 2,000 elections.
In the 2000 general election, only 57.3% of eligible voters cast a vote at the polls, a slight majority, according to the George Mason University United States Election Project.
The League of Women Voters in Vermont, in California, and in Washington have all studied and endorsed Instant Runoff Voting.
http://www.cirv.org/whyirv.htm

  
 Instant-runoff voting gets the job done - THE DAILY BRUIN ONLINE
Voting is a right granted us by our founding fathers, and it should be our duty to improve voting procedures.
This process continues until a candidate has a majority of the votes.
Additionally, IRV allows third-party candidates to compete in tightly contested elections without being accused of "playing the spoiler." Losing this negative stigma, third-parties may finally be able to penetrate the current two-party (or one party, depending on how you count) stranglehold on American politics.
http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?ID=19043

  
 BatesLine: The case for instant runoff voting -- two more examples
Instant runoff voting would have produced a winner with the support of a majority of the voters.
Now, runoff (2d round voting) is the most common practice, but runoff typically results in about 30% voter rolloff (not voting) from the first to second round, and only about 30% of the time does the initial leader lose in the second round.
Any runoff is preferable to any one-shot election.
http://www.batesline.com/archives/001764.html

  
 Instant Runoff Voting
The president of Ireland, the Australian legislature and the mayor of London are all elected with Instant Runoff Voting.
The attorney general, secretary of state, state auditor and one agriculuture commissioner will go into the general election without majority support from party voters.
In our Kentucky federal, state and local elections, (and most everywhere else in the country) we use an archaic method of electing public officials.
http://www.democracymeansyou.com/serious/7-28-03-IRV.htm

  
 Z: Vote Instant Runoff Voting
I realized there were absentee ballots, but you can also vote early (3-4 weeks depending on your state), which I'm doing today since I'll be in Arizona on election day.
I'll admit that this is my first time voting.
In college, I never got my act together since I was out of state and generally apathetic.
http://zepfanman.com/archives/000050.php

  
 Instant Runoff Voting
Nader is in last place, so we need to look at the second-choice votes of his voters.
It habitually submits to the authority of presidents and other office holders who were elected with a minority of votes cast.
The Presidential Democracy Project advocates a single, nation-wide presidential election using instant runoff voting, not separate state elections, as under the Electoral College system.
http://www.instantrunoff.org/irv/irv.html

  
 What Is Instant Runoff Voting (IRV)?
With IRV, voters can VOTE THEIR HOPES, NOT THEIR FEARS.
In fact, Ferndale's mayor won in 1991 with only 43% of the vote.
EXTREMELY LOW VOTER TURNOUT - Ferndale has had remarkably low voter turnout, one of the lowest in all of Oakland County.
http://www.firv.org/whatisirv.html

  
 Washington State Instant Runoff Voting Initiative (Under Construction)
We advocate for the use of Instant Runoff Voting in Washington State for federal and state election races.
The current Washington State election system encourages tactical voting, produces spoiler candidate scenarios, encourages conscionable voters to waste their vote, and allows a candidate to win an election where a majority of voters disapprove of the winner.
Under the new law, each party's primary is subject to spoiler effects when more than two candidates contend for nomination to a single position, and with minor parties and independents on the general election ballot, there will continue to be spoiler effects in November.
http://irvoting.org

  
 Black Box Voting Forums: (CA) Instant Runoff Voting Held Up by Diebold [Berkeley]
Neither mainstream Democrats nor Republicans, however, are too happy about losing “their” voters to third parties, which may explain why State Senate Bill 596, which grants all California cities the right to choose IRV, has not been able to make it out of committee.
IRV, also known as preferential or ranked choice voting, allows us to rank our choices for mayor or City Council candidate.
Kenny Mostern, who headed Berkeley’s successful campaign for IRV, said that the Pacifica Radio election, which he also directed, was conducted by means of preferential voting for $55,000.
http://www.bbvforums.org/cgi-bin/forums/board-auth.cgi?file=/8/5462.html

  
 Presidential Democracy Project
The electoral method described in the proposed amendment is known as ranked ballot voting or instant runoff voting, and it is integral to our effort to reform the presidential electoral process.
We think a decision as grave as the selection of a president should be taken only by a majority of voters.
The President and the Vice President shall be elected by direct popular vote of all citizens of the United States eighteen years of age and older, but no person shall be elected President who has not attained a majority of the votes cast.
http://www.instantrunoff.org

  
 Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) - Common Cause
IRV requires voters to vote for every candidate by ranking them (1 being the highest, 2 being your second choice, and so on).
Negative campaigning would be significantly reduced because candidates will know that they may have to obtain the second and third choice votes of voters supporting other candidates in order to be elected.
IRV is currently being used in Ireland for its presidential election, Australia to elect its House of Representatives, and the American Political Science Association to elect its president, in Cambridge (Mass.) they use a variant of IRV to elect their city council, and many other companies and student governments utilize IRV for their election process.
http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=452473

  
 SFGov: Department of Elections: Ranked-Choice Voting
To view a 30-second video announcement about ranked-choice voting for the November 8th election in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, or Spanish, click here
The upcoming Consolidated Special Statewide Election on November 8, 2005 will use the ranked-choice voting method.
Ranked-choice voting allows for a majority vote without the need for a separate run-off election.
http://www.sfgov.org/site/election_page.asp?id=24269

  
 Open Directory - Society: Politics: Campaigns and Elections: Voting Systems: Single Transferable Vote
Ferndale Residents for Instant Runoff Voting (F-IRV) - Coalition from Ferndale, Michigan working to generate a referendum for November 2004 election that will allow Ferndale voters to implement Instant Runoff Voting
Instant Runoff Mailing List - A national discussion for advocates of Instant Runoff Voting/Single Transferable Vote
An Instant Runoff Election for the 2004 Presidency - Rank the 2004 presidential candidates, and observe as this simulated election is determined by instant runoff voting.
http://dmoz.org/Society/Politics/Campaigns_and_Elections/Voting_Systems/Single_Transferable_Vote

  
 Columns: The benefits of instant-runoff voting
For the voters, instant-runoff voting is the best of all the possible scenarios.
The Republicans, having a strong incumbent governor, thought the absence of a runoff would produce a weaker Democratic nominee.
Anyone who agrees that the instant runoff is the best alternative needs to be writing now to Senate President Tom Lee, House Speaker Allan Bense, and their district representative and senator.
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/02/13/Columns/The_benefits_of_insta.shtml

  
 Santa Monica Mirror: Wilmont Opts for Instant Runoff Voting
With IRV, Wilmont can eliminate the need for separate runoff elections while ensuring that each winner is supported by a majority of voters, as members of the board will rank their choices, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. when they vote for officers.
When no candidate wins a majority of votes, an instant runoff is held among the top candidates.
At its annual membership meeting, the Wilshire/Montana Neighborhood Coalition (Wilmont) voted, 24 to 6, to employ Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) to elect its officers, making it the first neighborhood organization to adopt IRV.
http://www.smmirror.com/volume6/issue7/wilmont_opts_for.asp

  
 Instant Runoff Voting
Instant runoff voting (IRV) is a voting reform that asks the voter to rank the candidates in order of preference.
PRESS RELEASE - Ferndale, MI Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Proposal B to Authorize Instant Runoff Voting
It is simple, common-sense reform that will greatly improve our democratic process.
http://www.instantrunoff.com

  
 Center for Voting and Democracy
IRV eliminates the need for runoff elections by allowing voters to rank their candidates in order of preference.
Instant runoff voting is a winner-take-all, constitutionally protected, voting system that ensures a winning candidate will receive an absolute majority of votes rather than a simple plurality.
Copyright 2002 The Center for Voting and Democracy
http://www.fairvote.org/irv/whatis2.htm

  
 Coalition for Instant Runoff Voting - CIRV.org
Ballots cast for that candidate are counted for voters' next choice, until someone has a clear majority.
IRV requires general elections to be determined by a majority of votes cast using the Instant Runoff Voting method.
formerly known as Citizens for Instant Runoff Voting, is a Political Action Committee comprised of many citizens and groups working to implement Preference Voting / Instant Run-Off Voting in Florida by initiative.
http://www.cirv.org

  
 Instant Runoff Voting WA
IRV increases voter choice and turnout because voters can feel good about voting for who they want.
The organization of IRVWA was formed in 2004 to attempt an initiative to the legislators and to advocate for implementation of Instant Runoff Voting in WA statewide and locally.
If not, a runoff election is counted by "eliminating" the last place candidate and transferring each ballot cast for him/her to the remaining contenders, based on the voter's ranking.
http://www.exordia.net/irvwa

  
 City of Austin - Early voting for runoff starts Monday
Council members serve three-year terms on the seven-member Council.
Watson was declared the winner in the Mayor's race after current Place 2 Council Member Ronney Reynolds, who finished second in the voting for Mayor on May 3, withdrew from the runoff.
In addition to the 15 early voting locations, there will be mobile voting sites operating on weekdays.
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/news/nr_early.htm

  
 FIRV - Ferndale for Instant Runoff Voting
Paid for by Ferndale for Instant Runoff Voting, Box 20076, Ferndale, MI 48220
Help Ferndale become an example of the growing movement for better, spoiler-free elections with Instant Runoff Voting!
Ferndale for Instant Runoff Voting (F-IRV) is a coalition of citizens, business owners, and organizations from Ferndale, Michigan and the surrounding community who are working to achieve a more fair, effective, and positive full choice system of elections in Ferndale.
http://www.firv.org

  
 Need Instant Runoff Voting: From The Tampa Tribune
IRV is a system in which voters rank their candidates numerically in order of preference - first, second, third, etc. Votes are totaled to determine the majority winner of a single-seat election.
Ralph Nader's candidacy divides the liberal vote and helps to defeat Democrats in a plurality voting system.
Instant runoff voting, or requiring elections to be determined by majority, fixes this slight problem.
http://www.tampatrib.com/News/MGBXFDU25YD.html

  
 California Instant Runoff Voting Coalition
IRV is a voting method that guarantees a winner with a mandate from a majority with a single election.
Voters simply rank candidates instead of voting for one.
Our goal: Get IRV implemented in all statewide single-winner elections, and facilitate its use in local jurisdictions in California.
http://www.calirv.org

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