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10 hours ago ago from True News from ChangeNYC.Org
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1 hour, 37 minutes ago ago from Ballot Access News
On December 16, the city attorney of Oakland, California, wrote this legal opinion which says that the city must use Instant Runoff Voting for its own city elections in 2010. The voters amended the charter in 2006 to use IRV, but only when elections officials had certified that the vote-counting equipment is ready. Because Secretary of State Debra Bowen fulfilled that last requirement last week, the opinion says the city council has no power ...
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20 hours ago ago from The Alexandria Independent
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21 hours ago ago from The Delphos Herald
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16 hours ago ago from Media General - TBO.com
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5 hours ago ago from Media General - TBO.com
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