Burlington would hardly be the first to repeal Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), which has made a mess of our Mayoral elections.
Recently, Aspen Colorado, Pierce County, Washington, and Georgetown University all voted to repeal after witnessing similar complications created by IRV.
If you're tired of being lectured and told how to vote then join us for a return to a simple ballot and a voting system that makes sense.
Remember, city councilors, school commissioners, ward clerks, and inspectors of election are all elected with a 40% threshold so why does the Mayor have to be any different?
We never had any problems with our local Mayoral elections until IRV came along.
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"If you're tired of being lectured and told how to vote then join us"
Aren't you lecturing and telling us how to vote by advertising your blog address that states how we should vote?
"We never had any problems with our local Mayoral elections until IRV came along."
Correction: change the word "we" to "I". You're just providing proof that this repeal effort is a sour grapes campaign.
I will be voting to keep IRV.
The only problem is that your candidate didn't win. IRV worked as it was intended to, no matter what a partisan UVM professor states.
"We never had any problems with our local Mayoral elections until IRV came along."
What a complete joke this is. There aren't ANY problems with the way the Burlington elected its mayor this last time around either! The FACT is that IRV saved the taxpayers of Burlington from having to conduct another runoff election for mayor, where everyone knows that LESS people would show up to vote!
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