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Media Coverage
of San Francisco Proposition A/Instant Runoff Voting
2003
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San
Francisco Chronicle: "'Ranked Vote gets Fanciful
Scenario." Article highlights San Francisco's use of IRV and
features comments by CVD's Steven Hill. August 11, 2004.
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Los
Angeles Times: "S.F. Takes the Lead in New Voting
Method." IRV in San Francisco draws lengthy news coverage. August
9, 2004.
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San
Francisco Chronicle: "Election officials say
instant runoff ready. If feds and state approve, system can be used in
fall." Officials say instant runoff voting system will be ready
for November Board of Supervisors elections. April 26, 2004.
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SF
Weekly: "Making Nice: City
and state elections officials finally strike a harmonious note in
their erratic efforts to roll out IRV." November 26, 2003.
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SF
Weekly: "Blowing It: How San Francisco
elections officials dropped the ball on instant runoff voting."
September 2003
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Working
Change: "Bureaucrats stall IRV in San
Francisco: Elected and unelected officials nationwide block reform
legislation." September 2, 2003
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San
Francisco Bay Guardian: "Don't bury IRV."
San Francisco's leading weekly calls for implementing IRV in 2004.
August 27, 2003
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Hampshire
Gazette (MA): "Are elections just a game
of chance?" Plug for IRV in Massachusetts and California. August
16, 2003
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Asian
Week: "Terminating
Democracy." Article which explains how IRV, if used statewide would
help in California's recall election. August 14, 2003
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San
Francisco Bay Guardian: "Barely alive:
Only the courts can save IRV now that Arntz has declared it dead
and the commission prepares to pull the trigger." August 13,
2003
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San
Francisco Chronicle: "No quick decision
on S.F. runoff plan Judge sets hearing on issue for Aug. 20."
August 12, 2003
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Progressive
Web: "Recall Improvements." Editor
Matthew Rothschild comments on the news of the day. August 7, 2003
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San
Francisco Bay Guardian: "Critical moment
for election reform Imminent Shelley decision could allow
ranked-choice voting." News article explains the current
landscape in the battle to implement IRV on time in San Francisco.
July 23, 2003
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San
Francisco Chronicle: "Fufill the will of
voters." Op-ed piece finds the opposition to the new
instant system to be nothing short of discriminatory, particularly
to minorities and candidates with less money to spend. June
13, 2003.
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San
Francisco Bay Guardian (CA): "On the
Move: IRV election reform finally makes some moves toward the
November ballot." June 11, 2003.
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San
Francisco Bay Guardian (CA): "Making IRV
reality." Editorial encourages prompt implementation of
instant runoff voting in San Francisco. April 16, 2003.
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San
Francisco Chronicle (CA): Instant Runoff
Voting on Track for November Vote in San Francisco: Keep updated
on implementation of IRV in San Francisco, including this recent
newspaper article about leading politicians supporting fair and
effective implementation. March 20, 2003.
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CVD's post-election Press
Release and media coverage, March 7,
2002.
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San
Francisco Examiner: "As Simple as 1,2,3,
Right?" At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors Rules
Committee, CVD's Caleb Kleppner gives a presentaton on the
basics of IRV. December 4, 2002.
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