Irmo passes instant runoff voting resolution

| Dejon Johnson | WACH |

IRMO, S.C. — The Town of Irmo has passed a resolution supporting Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), also known as Ranked Choice Voting, becoming the first municipality to do so.

Instant runoff voting solves a problem for municipalities

“Instant runoff voting solves a problem for municipalities,” said President of Better Ballot SC Nicole Sanchez. “Right now municipalities have to choose between costly runoffs or risk their elected officials not securing a majority of winners, a common problem across the state. With instant runoff voting municipalities and voters get the best of both worlds: a way to efficiently find a majority winner without the drop off in voter participation and added expense.”

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