Votes were still being cast Thursday in the municipal election Cary held last October – not for candidates, but as part of the debate over the instant-runoff system used. Votes were still being cast ...

In Vermont, the state legislature is considering using instant runoff voting for its congressional elections.Aspen would be the first city in Colorado to adopt instant runoff voting, Richie ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Runoff elections are typically cumbersome processes, taking weeks and sometimes months to determine a winner. Burlington is going to do it all instantly. In an innovation known as ...

The recent gridlock between Al Franken and Norm Coleman illustrates a fundamental flaw in our voting system: The inability to cast a vote for your âÄúsecond choiceâÄù through Instant Runoff Voting. We ...

The June primary season is another reminder that South Carolina must end its most archaic election practice – the runoff. The state should employ instant runoff voting (IRV), (also called “ranked ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Runoff elections are typically cumbersome processes, taking weeks and sometimes months to determine a winner. Burlington is going to do it all instantly. In an innovation known as ...

Then-Mayor Dave Bieter and then-challenger Lauren McLean faced each other in a runoff election on Dec. 3, 2019. In a way, it’s illustrative of ranked choice voting, otherwise known as an instant ...

In the Republican runoff for Charleston County sheriff, former Mount Pleasant Police Chief Carl Ritchie received about 1,200 fewer votes than he did in the primary two weeks earlier. He still won the ...

I’m relieved that critics of Aspen’s hard-working election officials seem finally to be slowing down — you can finally open up The Aspen Times or Aspen Daily News without yet another broadside against ...

In the middle of a historic budget crisis, Santa Clara County is being forced to make painful choices. Public health clinics are bracing for staff reductions. Social workers are trying to do more with ...