An opinion piece by Vermont State Rep. Michael Fisher in the Burlington Free Press advocates for instant runoff voting for Congressional elections, and notes the success of the system in Burlington.
The 2006 Mayoral election in Burlington served as an important test for IRV. That election was a resounding success. Voters had no difficulty with the new ranked-choice ballot and exit polls showed that the overwhelming majority of voters preferred IRV to the old way of voting.
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