A city of more than 60,000 people, Santa Fe (NM) voted 65% on March 4, 2008 to become the latest city to give a landslide win to instant runoff voting (IRV). Called ranked choice voting in Santa Fe, IRV has won 13 of the last 14 times it has appeared before voters in cities and counties across the nation.

Led by Voting Matters, the campaign won a wide range of endorsements, including the mayor and local branches of Common Cause and Verified Voting.  Santa Fe’s charter commission recommended IRV last year, and the city council placed it on the ballot.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, March 6th, 2008 at 6:14 pm.
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  1. Thane Eichenauer

    I am so pleased to hear about this. 65% sounds pretty good. Nearly 2 out of 3 people could figure RCV out and decide that they liked the idea. I hope the effort in Glendale is juiced up by this win in New Mexico. I hear that we are going to be collecting signatures at Glendale Main library and Glendale Foothills library today (Sunday).
    Main library
    5959 W Brown St, Glendale, AZ
    (623) 930-3530

    Foothills library‎
    19055 N 57th Ave, Glendale, AZ
    (623) 930-3830

    Mar 8th, 2008

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