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December 13th 2006
Poll Shows Support for California "Citizens Assembly" to Recommend Changes
California Progress Report

New America Foundation poll shows support for California Citizen's Assembly.

December 7th 2006
New supervisor voice from right
San Francisco Chronicle

Ranked choice voting helped Ed Jew win a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, giving the right more representation in the city.

December 3rd 2006
Disconnect shown anew in election
Sacramento Bee

After low voter turnout in the last election, the author recommends IRV and proportional voting as ways for government to be more connected and representative of their constituencies.

November 27th 2006
Election Proves Instant Runoff Voting Is Catching On in California and Other States
California Progress Report

Steven Hill, director of the New America Foundation's Political Reform Program, offers a rundown of instant runoff voting's growing popularity among diverse American communities in the wake of four November 2006 wins.

November 24th 2006
Oakland's IRV Author Believes System Will Work
Berkeley Daily Planet

While the clerks of Alameda County's (CA) three major cities want to implement the same form of instant runoff voting, the author of Measure O, which Oakland passed in November 2006, says minor differences are unlikely to drastically affect election

November 24th 2006
Campaign 2006 In Review
Asian Week

Columnist Phil Nash cites four November 2006 wins for instant runoff voting - and the San Francisco supervisor race where IRV ensured a majority winner - as positive developments for Asian Americans.

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