"We were stopped dead
in our tracks," city lobbyist Mark Brown said. "This bill would enable
us to go back to the table to discuss and more thoroughly analyze this."
Vancouver city attorney Ted Gathe said the 1999 vote authorized the
council to establish instant runoff voting without another public vote.
...
Clark County Auditor
Greg Kimsey said some aspects of the method give him pause, like a
scenario in which supporters of the least-popular
candidate decide an election through their "second-choice" picks.
But he said that his office could conduct such an election.
"If the city of Vancouver wants us to do it, absolutely. We'll figure
out the best way to do it," Kimsey said.
Kimsey said he would be reluctant to buy expensive technology, if any
becomes available, without knowing whether instant runoff voting will
stick.
But the auditor's office could issue voters a piece of paper and
tally up their choices, a simple though labor-intensive and expensive
way
to conduct an election, he said.
(Excerpted from
http://www.fairvote.org/op_eds/columbian031402.htm, March 14, 2003)
...a city charter amendment
allowing the alternative voting method passed with 53 percent support in 1999.
But that amendment ran into a brick wall called state law, which allows only
traditional, winner-take-all balloting.
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/instantrunoff/message/1169
"Vancouver voters adopted
instant runoff voting as a charter amendment in 1999, but it was not
implemented because officials had doubts about whether state law allowed
elections to be held without primaries, Moeller said."
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http://www.theolympian.com/home/specialsections/Legislature/20040127/22882.shtml
Instant Runoff Voting–
(HOLDOVER ISSUE) – The City of Vancouver will again seek legislation to
provide “Instant Runoff Voting” (IRV) as a local-option for local non-partisan
municipal elections.
City of Vancouver Legislative Agenda, 2003-04 Sessions, Washington State
Legislature
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http://www.ci.vancouver.wa.us/vancmo/legislative2003.htm
