On May 3, the Vermont legislature passed H505, which authorizes the city of Burlington to use Instant-Runoff Voting for its Mayoral elections. The voters of Burlington voted to use IRV in March 2005, but that change couldn’t go into effect … Continue reading
On May 3, Congressman Tom Davis (R-Virginia) introduced HR 2043. It temporarily expands the size of the US House of Representatives, until 2011. It would give a full seat to the District of Columbia, and another seat to Utah. Utah … Continue reading
On May 3, the Governor of West Virginia signed HB 3002, which deletes an obsolete law that inhibits petition circulators. The old law, now repealed, says petition circulators must tell potential signers that they can’t sign the petition if that … Continue reading
On May 17, the voters of British Columbia will decide whether to implement Single-Transferable Voting for elections to the provincial legislature. STV is the same as Instant-Runoff Voting, except it applies to multi-winner elections. If it passes, there will be … Continue reading
On May 2, the San Diego city council directed the City Attorney and the City Clerk to prepare a study of Instant-Runoff Voting.
