Alert: Support the IRV Legislation in Vermont Legislature TODAY!

Written by: Sheri Divers on Apr 23, 2007 9:00 AM EDT

Instant Runoff Voting (S.108) has passed out of Senate Government Operations and is scheduled for a floor vote next week. The House is also working on their IRV bill. More than a third of the legislature has sponsored the legislation.

The bill provides implementation of IRV for U.S. Representative and Senate races. Among those testifying in favor of the bill this year are Senator Bernie Sanders, Congressman Peter Welch, Howard Dean, the League of Women Voters, Common Cause, VPIRG, and the Grange.

Here is a recent USA Today Editorial on the issue.

Please call or e-mail your State Representatives and Senators and ask them to support Instant Runoff Voting. You can access their contact information at :

http://www.leg.state.vt.us/legdir/legdir2.htm

-Sheri Divers

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