More Information on IRV

• IRV election results from the House of Representatives elections in Australia.
• Read the Brief on IRV submitted to the Texas Attorney General.
• Statutory language, pending legislation and legislation introduced from 1998-2000 including charter language implemented in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1975.
• The Michigan court case upholding the constitutionality of IRV and the actual charter language . [The court case is available as an .rtf file and a 680K image of the actual court case.]
• 'Robert's Rules' Supports IRV: Well-known guide supports instant runoff voting over plurality elections.
• Links to more descriptions of IRV and examples of IRV in practice.
• Resolution from a union presented to a city's Board of Supervisors.
• Testimony of Scott Harshbarger, President of Common Cause, before the National Commission on Election Reform, in which he endorses IRV. May 2001.
• IRV used in a global, Internet election for at-large members of the ICANN Board of Directors. September 2001.
• Vermont Grange Resolution endorsing Instant Runoff Voting passes at their state convention.
• Text of Amendment 1, a successful initiative to allow IRV voting in Vancouver, WA.
• Results from vote on IRV in Eugene, Oregon, September 18, 2001.
• The History of Instant Runoff Voting: Discusses IRV�s invention in America and adoption by governments in the U.S. and around the world.
• Alternative single winner systems: Brief descriptions of several single-winner systems.
• Approval Voting: Compared to IRV.
• The Center hosted a mock IRV election to determine the Favorite American President of All-Time at the Democracy Rising Conference in New Haven, CT on June 30, 2002.  Here is our report of the results.
• The Center reports on the results of the MLB 2001 All Star Game Voting and possible outreach options. August 2001.
• New Mexico's Greens Shake Up Election: Rob Richie's radio interview on NPR's Living on Earth program. September 1998.
  

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