The North Carolina Coalition for Verified Voting www.ncvoter.net 

NC Ballot Printing mess-politics or excuse to gut Public Confidence in Elections Act?   ... what questions did the media forget to ask? And what are the answers? Read more here...

13 candidates file for open NC appeals court job  AP News August 31, 2010
The only legal tallying method for IRV is with paper ballots. Wouldn't it be ironic if this election was tallied by a jury-rigged system?

For  lawyers and judges running for Wynn's seat, read this:
North Carolina statewide Instant Runoff election and legal challenges
Thanks to instant runoff voting, the November 2010 election for North Carolina Appeals has all the potential for a Florida style meltdown...Instant runoff voting, aka IRV will be used statewide to fill NC Appeals Judge Wynn's seat and our voting machines can't tally it. Other contests will use regular election methods. That makes it extra confusing. The possible confusion may impact other contests as voters and poll workers deal with a mixture of voting methods all in one election. Read report on how IRV clashes with existing election laws and procedures here 

Also see our page on Instant Runoff Voting in NC  Also see our blog posts in right column of home page.

"There are no provisions on ES&S equipment to tabulate IRV." ~ Keith Long , Voting System Project Manager for the North Carolina State Board of Elections Jan 7, 2008

"We can use November 2007 as a pilot and not use IRV in May 2008 because it poses too much of a risk. May request change in legislation for retesting IRV with certified upgrades in 2009." ~ NC State Board of Elections March 6, 2007

The largest jurisdiction to hold IRV elections is San Francisco, who has managed to find ways to deal with the challenges. This may not translate to statewide elections, but it is as close as we can find.

Don't be mis-led: Instant runoff voting is not feasible for statewide elections.

Don Frantz, the only person elected by instant runoff voting in NC speaks out Don points out that with instant runoff voting there is voter confusion, lack of confidence in the system, and often the result of IRV is a plurality "win". Don, the  says IRV is not worth it. "To me the number one concern is election integrity. If we can’t trust the election process we’ve got, I don’t care what it costs. I don’t care what the turnout is."

If you don't like costly low turnout runoff elections, then don't have them. 42 states do not hold statewide runoff elections . IRV does not provide a majority,  but awards "winners" with less than 50% of the ballots cast.  IRV does not save money,  but increases costs of elections:  Last month  Minneapolis Minnesota learned that the continuing cost of IRV/RCV is : $244,000"  ..President Barb Johnson (4th Ward), was miffed by the study. She noted that RCV’s supporters had promoted the system by saying it would draw out more voters and cost less than a traditional primary-plus-general election system. Considering the study’s results and last year’s very low voter turnout, she said, “all of these things did not happen in our city.” “It is disturbing to me that we’re talking about an extra quarter of a million dollars for a system that was supposed to decrease our costs,” Johnson said.  Find the report at http://bit.ly/d5q2Y1