The Spring 2008 student election season brought another successful round of instant runoff voting (IRV) elections, including the University of Iowa's highest turnout student election ever. Recent elections at Georgetown and the implementation of IRV this year at the university of California at San Diego, Santa Fe Community College (FL) and North Carolina State University also showcase IRV's growing use on college campuses. Moreover, half of U.S. News and World Report's top 30 schools now use IRV and/or choice voting for their student elections.

FairVote has helped a number of these institutions make the transition to IRV and continues to help other universities improve their elections through efforts such as the development of online IRV software.

A city of more than 60,000 people, Santa Fe (NM) voted 65% on March 4, 2008 to become the latest city to give a landslide win to instant runoff voting (IRV). Called ranked choice voting in Santa Fe, IRV has won 13 of the last 14 times it has appeared before voters in cities and counties across the nation.

Led by Voting Matters, the campaign won a wide range of endorsements, including the mayor and Local branches of Common Cause and Verified Voting. Santa Fe's charter commission recommended IRV last year, and the city council placed it on the ballot.