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January 17th 2003
What democracy votes like: Could a new way of voting save our system?
LA Weekly

There is a growing number of activists who promote instant runoff voting (IRV) in California, which would eliminate spoiler problem and create more representative democracy.

January 16th 2003
Editorial Runoff voting system would improve UCSD
The UCSD Guardian

Editorial advocating instant runoff voting for student government elections.

December 25th 2002
Bye, December runoffs
The Bay Guardian

FairVote's Steven Hill reports that San Francisco will begin using instant-runoff voting to elect local officials from November 2003

December 18th 2002
Healthy Next Steps for Democracy in Santa Monica � Part II
Santa Monica Mirror

Commentary by Santa Monica City Councilmember Michael Feinstein.

December 18th 2002
Healthy Next Steps for Democracy in Santa Monica Part II
Santa Monica Mirror

The introduction of the single transferable vote to Santa Monica's existing proportional representation system is posed as an improvement.

December 11th 2002
Goodbye to December runoffs
San Francisco Examiner

Steven Hill extols the advantages of San Francisco's recent decision to adopt instant runoff voting (IRV), including: no costly, low-turnout runoff elections and less negative ad campaigning.

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