OK, we just completed phase one of the "special election" for the open Michigan Senate seat.

And we get to do it all over again in a few weeks.

Why are we voting twice when we could vote once, if the Ingham County commissioners would adopt instant runoff voting? Why they don't is a mystery.

Two elections are a waste of time and money.

The Michigan legislature could also adopt instant runoff voting for state elections, but they too seem to prefer to waste time and money with two-election elections.

Raoul Mitts
1974 graduate