IRV Op-Eds
February 15th 2005Instant Runoff Voting Sets an Example
Brown Daily Herald
Providence city councilman David Segal urges Brown University students to support IRV for campus electionsFebruary 13th 2005
The benefits of instant-runoff voting
St Petersburg Times (FL)
Columnist highlights IRV's propensity toward positive campaigningJanuary 26th 2005
Instant runoff would end spoiler effect in elections
San Jose Mercury News
IRV's success in San Francisco demonstrates its potential to create fairer elections on a national scale.December 3rd 2004
A solution to the electoral meltdown
The San Diego Union Tribune
San Diego mayoral election demonstrates need for instant runoff voting in order to allow multiple candidates and maximize voter choice.November 9th 2004
Ignoring Tired Pleas
Indy Bay (CA)
President of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors on presidential politicsOctober 27th 2004
Democrat for a day, reformer for life
FairVote Chairman John Anderson discusses the 2004 election and the state of our electoral system. He proposes multimember district proportional representation and instant runoff voting as solutions to reinvigorate American democracy.July 12th 2004
De-spoiling the Election
The Nation
FairVote analyst Steven Hill and Executive Director Rob Richie cite IRV to prevent the spoiler problem in presidential electionsJune 8th 2003
Understanding the instant runoff
Tallahasse decides to go without runoff primaries due to the time needed to count all the votes. Op-Ed recommends using instant runoff voting.June 6th 2003
Rewriting Florida election laws and hoping the jokes stop
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Op-Ed recommends that Florida adopt instant runoff voting. Purports that the main objections against this system are that it is inconvenient, and that it's too complicated for voters to understand.June 4th 2003
Implement instant runoff voting now
San Francisco Bay View
San Francisco should implement instant runoff voting immediately.April 5th 2003
Save Our Democracy: A Call to Action
Common Dreams
Fairvote's Rob Richie and Steven Hill make a call for a stronger and more representative democracy in wake of America's failing social indicators and poor international agenda.March 30th 2003
Lessons in Voting From the French
Op-Ed advocates instant runoff voting, citing France's presidential runoff election fiasco between Jacques Chirac and Jean-Marie Le Pen as an example.[ Previous ] [ Next ]
