School Election News

April 2003

• Utah State Statesman : "Campuses implement changes in elections." April 23, 2003.
• UC-Irvine New University : "Choice voting may improve elections." April 21, 2003.
• South Carolina Daily Gamecock : "Voting center poses instant runoff method." April 18, 2003.
• The Mac Weekly: "Greens, Democrats support IRV." Members of the Campus Greens and College Democrats at Macalester College endorse IRV.
• The Daily Tarheel: "Elections face change." CVD's John Russell is quoted in story about possible reforms to delayed runoffs at UNC-Chapel Hill. April 15, 2003.
• Oregon Daily Emerald: "Choice Voting gives students representation, reason to vote." Commentary by CVD's John Russell puts choice voting in student government context. Also published in University of Illinois-Chicago Today . April 14, 2003.
• Lehigh Brown and White: "New voting systems hit."UCSD adoption of IRV sparks campus debate. April 13, 2003.
• The Stanford Daily: "Few changes made for ASSU elections." Stanford gears up for this years use of IRV. April 8, 2003.
• UCSD Guardian: "A.S. approves instant runoff." Coverage of the UCSD win in their student paper. April 3, 2003.
• Press Release: "New election reform wave hits college campuses" UC-San Diego joins student governments adopting fair elections methods. April 1, 2003.
• Rice Thresher: "Debbink and Leggett elected in highly contested presidential contest." IRV elects majority winner in 6-candidate presidential race. February 21, 2003.
• California Aggie: "Choice Voting Passes by Over 1000 Votes." Landslide student referendum results approve IRV and choice voting. February 21, 2003.
• The Chronicle: "Jean-Baptiste signs bylaw amendment." Coverage of Duke University's adoption of IRV. February 17, 2003.
• Press Release : Green Party at UC Davis Launches Diversity and Democracy Campaign - November 19, 2002 and  article about UC Davis' initiative effort - November 22, 2002.
• Student Life (Washington University, St. Louis): "Instant Runoffs " - October 1, 2002
• University of Maryland, College Park will use IRV for its Student Government elections , April 2002 and another editorial from the campus newspaper about the effort
• University of Illinois Students Vote for PR and IRV - November 2001.