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On November 2, 2010, North Carolina voters will use Instant Runoff Voting to choose a State Court of Appeals judge. This is a statewide, non-partisan office. See this story. This is probably the first time that any state has used ...

Instant-runoff voting debuts in state, county elections ...

North Carolinians will get their first taste of instant-runoff voting on Nov. 2, when a 13-candidate field for the NC Court of Appeals appears on the statewide ballot. And according to an NC Bar Association report, this marks the first ...

Votelaw, Edward Still's blog on law and politics: Alabama needs ...

Instant runoff voting is designed to simulate a runoff election, but without the drawbacks of runoffs: low voter turnout, high cost to taxpayers, negative campaigning and potential for the lack of a crossover rule to lead to ...

Instant Runoff Voting in NY? | The New York Observer

New York City's system of expensive and time-consuming primary runoffs may be on its way out.

Instant runoff voting: It's as easy as one, two three

Vesper, all of Raleigh; Daniel E. Garner of Wake Forest; Mark E. Klass of Lexington; and Doug McCullough of Atlantic Beach. Instant runoff voting: It's as easy as one, two three is a post from: Barry Smith - In the Loop.

Protect North Carolina Elections - Stop Instant Runoff Voting ...

For elections to fill a judicial vacancy when there's no time to hold a primary, a 2006 state law creates "instant runoff voting" in case there are more than two candidates and none receives a majority of the vote. ...

Atlantic Yards Report: Charter Revision Commission: term limits ...

Far more likely are term limits and instant runoff voting (IRV); the latter would be especially welcome to allow voters to rank their preferences in multi-candidate races. It makes sense that issues like land use deserve more time and ...

North Carolina statewide Instant Runoff election and legal challenges

Thanks to instant runoff voting, the November 2010 election for North Carolina Appeals has all the potential for a Florida style meltdown. See 13 candidates file for open NC appeals court job AP News August 31, 2010. ...

UNDERNEWS: GOOD THINGS TO DO IN LOUSY TIMES

Support instant runoff voting, public campaign financing, more states, a larger House of Representatives with mixed proportional and district representation like Germany, state banks, and a constitutional amendment to end corporations' ...

Protect North Carolina Elections - Stop Instant Runoff Voting ...

Several cities nationwide ? including Cary and Hendersonville ? have experimented with instant runoff voting in recent years to avoid costly traditional runoff elections in which a small fraction of voters turn out. ...