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Citizens' Group Collects Enough Signatures to Challenge IRV Voting System in Burlington

By Pat Bradley

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Burlington, VT – Burlington, Vermont uses Instant Run-off Voting to elect its mayor. The system has been used twice, but now a citizens' group opposed to the method has collected enough signatures to challenge it on Town Meeting Day. WAMC North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.