NYS-IRV

Instant Runoff Voting
	*Elect Majority* Winners**: rank candidates 1, 2, 3...
	Every Vote Counts
	No "wasted" votes
	No "spoiler" candidates
	Increase debate, dialog, participation, accountability
	End costly runoff elections... where lower voter turnout decides the winner

You can make "Majority Wins" and Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) the system used by New York State.

Things you can do:

Download and send a letter to your State Assemblyperson asking him/her to support the IRV bills for all primaries and for local elections introduced by Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. of Sag Harbor. Also please send a letter to your State Senator asking him/her to support the Senate IRV bill for certain local elections introduced by Senator Liz Kruger of Manhattan. Find name of your Assemblyperson and State Senator.

Send a letter to your town's newspaper, telling them why you support IRV.

Encourage school students to use IRV for student body elections.

NYS-IRV www.nysirv.org February, 2007

	Download and send a letter to your State Assemblyperson asking him/her to support the IRV bills for all primaries and for local elections introduced by Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. of Sag Harbor. Also please send a letter to your State Senator asking him/her to support the Senate IRV bill for certain local elections introduced by Senator Liz Kruger of Manhattan. Find name of your Assemblyperson and State Senator.
	Send a letter to your town's newspaper, telling them why you support IRV.
	Encourage school students to use IRV for student body elections.