Instant Runoff Voting (IRV)

The Problem...

ASUCD elections have low voter turn-out. The Winter Elections often have two elections one week apart because of a runoff. This happened 5 out of the last 9 times. It's hard to get students to vote just once--not to mention twice.

...and the Solution.

With Instant Runoff Voting, students need only vote once in a single, decisive election. This will increase student ASUCD voting while saving money.

Who Uses Instant Runoff Voting?

San Franciscans last year voted 56% to start using IRV in city elections.

Many schools use IRV, including:

• UC Berkeley
• Stanford
• MIT
• Princeton
• Caltech
• Johns Hopkins
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: (news release)
• University of Maryland
• University of Wisconsin