REPEAL IRV- KEEP VOTING SIMPLE

Mar 2, 2010 IRV REPEALED because democracy matters in Burlington VT! Twitter: #btvirv Facebook: Repeal IRV

December 11, 2019

HERE WE GO AGAIN...Let's get it right this time.

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,   Dec. 10, 2019  "A group of Progressive city councilors introduced the ranked-choice voting proposal earlier this month. Burli...
September 18, 2010

Voters Must Take Charge for Change To Occur

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Sept 13, Burlington City Council hears report from Charter Change Committee. The only proposal they can agree on is to increase mayoral elec...
July 24, 2010

BURLINGTON's TOPSY-TURVY IRV ELECTIONS RESULTS -- New Yorker, "The Mathematics of Voting," Anthony Gottlieb

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...At first glance, [IRV] is an appealing approach: it is guaranteed to produce a clear winner, and more voters will have a say in the elec...
July 4, 2010

50%, OR SIMPLE PLURALITY?

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June 2, 2010

IRV is for Dummies

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IRV promoters are desperate as FairVote and IRV lose credibility and market share. You can only fool SOME of the people, SOME of the time. A...
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April 26, 2010

Governor Visits North Burlington, Signs Bill to Repeal IRV

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The Seven Days Staff Blog: IRV Repeal Signed into Law  Before about a dozen onlookers, Gov. Jim Douglas signed into law Saturday a chart...
April 22, 2010

H.773 to be signed into law at the Miller Center

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The Miller Center, center of Repeal IRV activity, will host the official signing of H.773 into law. Governor Douglas will conduct the offici...
March 12, 2010

H.773 Update 3/30/10 Passed by House. Sent to Senate Gov Ops Com.

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3/12/10 : Read First Time, and Referred to the  House Gov Ops Committee.  3/19/10 : Hearing Wed Mar24 @ 9AM. Kurt will meet people in the ...
March 9, 2010

The Process by which a Citizen Initiative becomes Law

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Contact: Gregory Sanford Vermont State Archives and Records Administration (802) 828-2369 THE LAW: 17 V.S.A. §2645 http://www.leg.state....
March 8, 2010

IRV repeal expected to sail through legislature

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Montpelier, Vermont - March 8, 2010 Democratic leaders in the House and Senate say they are going to follow the will of Burlington voters...

Opposition to IRV increased significantly in each ward after trying IRV twice.

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Opposition to IRV increased significantly in each ward after trying it twice.  For example, in Ward 1, 180 people voted "NO" in ...
March 6, 2010

FairVote's BLAME GAME. The Playbook:

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  The defeat of IRV [in Burlington] stems from a simple fact: the only candidate ever to win with IRV in Burlington is current mayor Bob Kis...
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March 5, 2010

A Tale of Two Cities, and two Campaigns

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Listen on VPR -- Mayor discusses IRV and voter rejection of the instant runoff.  .     The mayor calls for a re-vote, hea...
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March 3, 2010

FACT CHECKING

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  Is this really the end of IRV in Burlington? Burlington politicians are examining the best way to move forward in the wake of the vote to ...
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March 2, 2010

IRV REPEALED

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People of Burlington have told the politicians how we want to vote, and it is NOT by instant runoff. We want real runoffs, and will defend t...
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February 28, 2010

People will tell the politicians how we want to vote! This is a citizen initiative and we have the power.

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Ballot Question #5 is a CITIZEN INITIATIVE.  VOTE YES to REPEAL IRV Politicians, FairVote Maryland, vpirg -   BACK OFF!   IRV activist...
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February 27, 2010

It's a funny business

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I've only within the last year changed my mind about IRV. My distaste for the whole IRV process began when I was still the Ward 6 Electi...
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February 26, 2010

WHAT IRV COSTS

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VERMONT. Vermont's Secretary of State ordered a feasibility study , found that their current voting machines could not handle IRV for ...
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Avoid a Tampering of Ballots on March 2: Vote in your Ward!

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Vermont Election Laws § 2590. Securing and storing ballots, tally sheets and checklists (c) "Ballot bags or containers shall not be rem...
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$5000 fine for violation of election law

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Pro-IRV FairVote MN was fined the maximum amount by law for using celebrity endorsements illegally. In the judges ruling, they state: [Vio...
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February 24, 2010

Fair Vote MN violated election law in close race

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Group  that  backed  instant  runoff  voting in  St. Paul  is fined  $5,000 Group is fined $5,000, but the ruling won't affect referendu...
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IRV repealed in Pierce Cty WA

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ON NOV 3, 2009. PIERCE COUNTY WASHINGTON. Majority of Pierce County voters reject Instant Runoff Voting on Nov 3 Instant runoff voting was ...
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FOLLOW THE MONEY -- BIG BUCKS FROM OUT OF TOWN. Cheating the system...

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  We've learned that un Fair Vote and VPIRG are funding pro-IRV. VT Yankee is leaking, people are donating to VPIRG figuring they ar...
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February 23, 2010

If you didn't vote for Kiss or Wright, then you didn't vote --- ??? Say what?

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 A funny video clip from the Contois Repeal IRV debate. League spokesperson has been saying that IRV is a REAL runoff, and Repeal IRV says i...
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Pro-IRV can't get the facts straight! Dis-service to voters.

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Mark Larson is a nice person, and I'm sure he would tell the truth if he knew it. His facts are wrong and he can blame his busy schedul...
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February 22, 2010

YouTube features VT IRV Debate Debacles

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IRV Debate Question - Disenfranchisement IRV Repeal Debate National organization spokesperson for IRV purveys misinformation, figuring p...
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Burlington model of failed IRV

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Instant Runoff Voting - Vote Your Conscience The 2009 Burlington , VT election proves "vote your conscience, no spoiler eff...
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February 21, 2010

REPEAL IRV Debate link

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Video of REPEAL IRV debate is up on Ch17 @ http://bit.ly/bmEw7R ~Features Mark Larsen's example of going to the store to buy skim milk...
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Voting Paradoxes and Perverse Outcomes that are NOT majoritarian

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With the Burlington run-off now concluded, and with a high accuracy rate now established in the counting, questions linger about IRV itself....
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February 10, 2010

Channel 17 poll

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Vote! http://www.cctv.org/poll/instant-runoff-voting-irv-or-down
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February 8, 2010

A new sign for Main Street.

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February 6, 2010

Vote YES on question #5

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Want to repeal IRV? Then vote YES! Let's keep voting simple.
January 29, 2010

IRV advocates ill-mannered and mean spirited

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It comes as no surprise that IRV advocates and Progressive Party hacks have turned to criticizing opponents of IRV as "stupid" and...
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January 21, 2010

Distrust of City Hall fed anti-IRV petition

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Burlington Free Press supports the repeal of IRV!
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January 10, 2010

Repeal IRV in Burlington

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Burlington would hardly be the first to repeal Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), which has made a mess of our Mayoral elections. Recently, Aspen ...
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January 6, 2010

IRV: The 3 Fundamental Problems

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The University of Vermont conducted an assessment of Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) after the last election, which was prepared by Anthony Gier...
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January 5, 2010

A Yes or No question

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I believe the IRV question will be a YES to repeal and a NO to keep. I've been emailing back and forth all morning with Lori Olberg from...
January 3, 2010

Blurt on IRV

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Burlington Residents Seek Repeal of Instant Runoff Voting 57 comments and counting....(speak up!)

IRV=Voter Disenfranchisement

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On Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, I voted for Mayor but my vote didn't count and neither did 605 other votes. This is called voter disenfranch...
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