September 23rd 2002
Improved Runoffs Needed in North Carolina
Topsail Voice

Instant runoff voting (IRV) is posed as an improvement over the current runoff system in North Carolina, which produces sheriffs and members of Congress that garner only a third of the vote.

September 19th 2002
Formulas For a Clean Election

FairVote's Matthew Cossolotto argues that Congress needs to pass more meaningful election reform legislation, such as proportional voting methods or instant runoff voting (IRV), to ensure that each vote counts.

September 18th 2002
Blues of The Greens: An invigorating candidate is unjustly pushed to the sidelines
The Economist

Peter Camejo, the Green Party candidate for California governor, would face much less animosity if California were to adopt instant-runoff voting ballot measures.

September 17th 2002
Let's try instant runoff voting
Boston Globe

Mass Vote's Gibran Rivera calls for instant runoff voting in her letter to the editor.

September 9th 2002
Election runoffs tradition in South; Majority rule hearkens back to Democrat days
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Runoffs have a long history in the South but were more relevant in the past when the Democratic primary runoff was more like the general election. Today, lower voter turnout and election costs have lowered the value of runoffs. FairVote's Rob Richie

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