Instant runoff voting is a winner-take-all, constitutionally
protected, voting system that ensures a winning candidate will
receive a majority of votes rather than a simple plurality.
IRV eliminates the need for runoff elections by allowing voters to
rank their candidates in order of preference.
Read about and view the Power Point presentation on IRV
given by Secretary of State Deborah Markowitz
to the National Association of Secretaries of State meeting in
Rhode Island on July 28, 2002.
What do IRV ballots look like? Three sample ballots, a ballot from Cambridge, Massachusetts (.pdf),
and a draft ballot design for San
Francisco (.pdf).
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