Instant Runoff Voting (IRV)
The Problem...
ASUCD elections have low voter turn-out. The Winter
Elections often have two elections one week apart because of
a runoff. This happened 5 out of the last 9 times. It's
hard to get students to vote just once--not to mention twice.
...and the Solution.
With Instant Runoff Voting, students need only vote once in a single,
decisive election. This will increase student ASUCD voting while
saving money.
IRV is part of the California Green Party's platform:
Democracy and Electoral Reform Platform.
IRV is consistent with two of the Green Party's
ten key values:
Grassroots Democracy and Respect for Diversity.
Who Uses Instant Runoff Voting?
San Franciscans last year voted 56% to start using IRV in
city elections.
Many schools use IRV, including
- UC Berkeley
- Stanford
- MIT
- Princeton
- Caltech
- Johns Hopkins
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign:
(news release)
- University of Maryland
- University of Wisconsin
Links
The following site has detailed information about IRV:
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