INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING PASSES NORTH CAROLINA TEST WITH FLYING COLORS

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING PASSES NORTH CAROLINA TEST WITH FLYING COLORS

http://prorev.com/2007/10/instant-runoff-voting-passes-north.html

DEMOCRACY NORTH CAROLINA - Cary voters prefer ranking candidates rather than voting for only one candidate. That's the result of a survey on voter preferences taken after the Oct. 9 Cary town council elections in which instant run-off voting was used. IRV allows voters to rank the candidates for an office in order of preference, eliminating the need for a run-off election.

An exit poll found:

- Of those with a preference, 72 percent of Cary voters said they preferred IRV while just 28 percent said they preferred voting for a single candidate.

- Almost everyone (96 percent) reported it was at least "somewhat easy to understand" the IRV ballot, with 82 percent agreeing that it was "very easy" to understand.

- Most voters (69 percent) used the ranking option for at least two of the candidates for city council.

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