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 27th 2006
Time for instant runoff voting
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Citing the Minnesota governor's less-than-majority win in November 2006, a Pioneer Press reader asks that paper to consider instant runoff voting following endorsement of what ended up a "spoiler" candidacy.

November 26th 2006
In Our View - A Different Way to Vote
The Columbian

Editorial asks Vancouver lawmakers to make good on a 1999 decision to implement an instant runoff voting pilot program in that Washington city.

November 24th 2006
A welcome experiment with runoff votes
Seattle Times

According to the editors, King County and the entire state of Washington should follow Pierce County in restoring voter choice through instant runoff voting.

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

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