Instant Runoff Voting (IRV)
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
- Johns Hopkins
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: (news release)
- University of Maryland
- University of Wisconsin