State Rep Candidates endorse IRV ballot questions in two districts. From left to right: Peter Kocot (Democrat), Michael Aleo (Green) and Ellen Story (Democrat).

Our voting system has a big problem: it can let some candidates win with narrow support, sometimes as little as 30% or less. Fortunately, there is a solution: Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) ensures that the winner has the support of the majority of voters and provides a runoff count without the extra cost and reduced voter participation of a second election.

 

How it works: In a race with three or more candidates, voters rank the candidates in order of preference (1st choice, 2nd, 3rd, etc. ). If no candidate wins a majority, the votes for the candidate who came in last are moved to those voters’ 2nd choice. This process is repeated until one candidate wins by getting a majority of votes.

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Require a majority of votes to win

 

QUESTION 5   -   Hatfield, Montgomery, Northampton,
Southampton, and Westhampton

 

QUESTION 4   -   Amherst and Granby

 

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(413) 222-8760 or (413) 256-1376      www.ma.fairvote.org

 

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