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University of Oklahoma Student Association (UOSA) held its first
IRV election in late March. A four-way race for president
demonstrated the need to determine a majority winner. Chelsea Render
(left) led the first round of counting with only 31.8 percent;
after a two-round instant runoff elimination, she won the
presidency with 54.7 percent. The race saw record turnout for UOSA
election with 7,675 (32.3%) students voting. The chief
election administrator and all candidates described the online
instant runoff election as successful.
U. of Oklahoma Runs Successful IRV Election
First ever instant runoff sees record turnout
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Arkansas Institutes IRV for Overseas Military Voters
 Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee last week signed
legislation providing that overseas military voters will receive instant
runoff voting ballots in all federal, state and local elections that
might have a runoff. Championed by Republican state legislator Horace
Hardwick (left) and passed with only one dissenting vote in the
legislature, HB 1770 solves a problem for overseas military voters.
Runoff elections often take place too soon after the first round to
provide time for runoff ballots to be printed, mailed and returned in
time to count.[More on Arkansas' Overseas IRV Bill] [Download HB 1770] |
Burlington Voters Choose IRV
 On March 1, Burlington voters gave instant runoff voting a landslide
win. Even as other high-profile ballot measures went down in defeat,
62% of voters supported adopting instant runoff voting for mayoral
elections. Attention now turns to the Vermont's state legislature, where an IRV bill has been introduced with tri-partisan support and 43 sponsors. The bill (H. 385), calls for IRV in elections for United States senator and representative to U.S. Congress, electors for U.S. president, and all statewide offices. |
