If Ralph Nader wants to be more than a spoiler, he should campaign for instant runoff voting instead of for the presidency. If the major parties do not want to be victims of spoilers, they should enact IRV. If minor parties want to become major parties, IRV should be their top priority. Here we are again, facing a presidential election in which a very minor candidate could tip the election in one state or a few states, and hand victory to a candidate who is favored by a minority of voters.

This just keeps happening (and it happens to both Democrats and Republicans). Why do we accept it? We have an obligation to ourselves and to the rest of the world to get our elections right. With IRV, no one is elected with less than a majority of votes, there are no spoilers, everyone can vote his or her conscience without fear of tipping the election the wrong way, and new parties have a fair chance to grow beyond the fringe.

Inform yourself and your representatives about the elegant solution that IRV offers to the problems of plurality elections. Go to www.fairvote.org/irv/faq.htm for a clear explanation of IRV.