What does IRV stand for?

Instant-Runoff Voting

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The system is called ranked-choice or instant-runoff voting.

Ranked-choice voting is simply too complicated

Some of the methods suggested are electronic voting stations open for a several-day period, mail-only elections and instant-runoff voting, in which voters pick their top three candidates during the primary election so a winner is instantly chosen during the primary and the second runoff election is made unnecessary.

EDITORIAL VOTER REVOLUTION QUESTION OF THE WEEK: SHOULD L.A. TRY ...

Instant-runoff voting could make campaigns both more civil and more issue oriented, suggests Terry Bouricius, New England regional director for the Center for Voting and Democracy.

Election selection: are we using the worst voting procedure?

Supports a type of election called instant-runoff voting.

Secretary of State [bar] State office

Byline: The Associated Press EUGENE - Voters here will decide this month whether to adopt an instant-runoff voting system.

Vote plan features instant runoffs Eugene system would let voters ...