IRV and ranked choice voting advocates celebrated on November 7th with big winning percentages of 69% in Oakland (CA), 65% in Minneapolis (MN), 56% in Davis (CA) and 53% in Pierce County (WA) - with the three binding votes to go to IRV averaging more than 62% in jurisdictions with an average of more than a half million people.

The wins in Davis and Minneapolis marked the first ballot measure wins for choice voting, the proportional voting version of IRV, in a half-century. Stay tuned for a full FairVote report on the victories and state and congressional elections that underscore the value of IRV in our politics. Since instant runoff voting's ground-breaking win in March 2002 in San Francisco, it has been on the ballot in eight cities and counties. The result? 8-0.

Stay tuned for more victories in 2007!

NEW: [New America's Steven Hill on the growing popularity of IRV nationwide]
NEW: [Minneapolis Star-Trib calls for statewide IRV by 2010]
NEW: [FairVote's campaign roundup with results]
[FairVote's IRVictory Fund]
[FairVote's post-election press release]

The November campaigns for instant runoff voting won another round of high-profile endorsements this week. Now, with the Oakland Tribune endorsing Measure O in that city, every single ballot initiative will go to voters on November 7 with the backing of at least one major regional paper.

Moreover the campaigns have generated three superb flash animations, all available on YouTube.com.

Minneapolis (MN): Star-Tribune, Minnesota Daily
Oakland (CA): Oakland Tribune, Ming Pao Daily
Davis (CA): Sacramento Bee, California Aggie
Pierce Co. (WA): Tacoma News Tribune, Peninsula Gateway (NEW)

[ 2006 IRV Hot Spots ]
[ IRV Flash animations from FairVote, Pierce, Minneapolis ]

Georgetown University undergrads in an online vote on Friday, October 27 elected their student Senate using instant runoff voting. It was their first election with the new voting system - and a complete success.

Students ratified IRV two weeks earlier as part of a larger reform package that included expanding their assembly size from 12 to 23. With their adoption of the system, Hoyas joined a growing number of students at prestigious universities who guarantee majority winners in a single round of voting.

[Georgetown Hoya article on the election]
[Hoya article on the IRV referendum]
[Other Universities and groups using IRV]
[Bring IRV to your campus]