Burlington, Vermont Voters Pass IRV

March 2nd, 2005

On March 1, the voters of Burlington, Vermont passed Instant-Runoff Voting for future mayoral elections in that city, by 62% to 38%. The legislature must approve this charter amendment, but it is very likely that it will do so. Burlington has partisan mayoral elections.

3 Responses to “Burlington, Vermont Voters Pass IRV”

  1. Mark Goodair Says:
    March 3rd, 2005 at 12:15 am

    It will be interesting to see if this is taken up across Vermont.

  2. Thomas Says:
    March 6th, 2005 at 3:27 pm

    Does New Hampshire have any use of IRV? Hope they may.

  3. Eddy Price Says:
    March 14th, 2005 at 12:29 pm

    Thomas-
    As far as I know, the only jurisdiction in the United States actually using IRV is San Francisco. Utah republicans used to use it in their caucuses, but I think they stopped last year. Other municipalities have adopted it PENDING having the right voting machines or for special elections only. I haven’t heard of IRV being adopted in any jurisdiction in NH.

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