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IRV & Proportional Voting at Universities and High Schools

This is a list of what are the activities in educational institutions, and how you can get involved.

If any information here is missing or incorrect, please send the correct information here.


School Status Using IRV or PR since... Info last updated Source
California Polytechnic State University
(San Luis Obispo)
Uses IRV for its executive positions May 2008 June 2008 Mustang Daily
Jay Hann
California Institute of Technology Use IRV to elect some positions. Unknown June 2006 FairVote
Chico State Universiy Recently adopted IRV. c.2005 June 2006.  
Humboldt State University Just adopted IRV for student government offices Spring 2010 February 2009 David Cobb, c/o Democracy Unlimited
McClatchy High School (Sacramento) Just started using IRV this year. CfER activists are helping them. 2006 May 2006 Pete Martineau
Sonoma State Univerity Use IRV for executive offices 2004 May 2006 SSU Student Government
Stanford University Uses IRV for its executive offices. 2001 May 2006 Associated Students of Stanford Univ.
UC Berkeley Uses IRV for executive offices, and Proportional Voting for its legislative positions. c.1950 May 2006 ASUC Constitution
UC Davis Uses IRV for executive offices, and Proportional Voting for its legislative positions. 2004 May 2006 Chris Jerdonek
UCLA Uses IRV for executive officers. 2005 May 2006  


OTHER NEWS: Starting in 2007, Camerado Springs Middle School, in Cameron Park, will be using Ranked Choice Voting for their elections. When asked what they thought about Instant Runoff Voting for their school elections, they said it is more fair. Several students commented that more kids will run instead of just the popular kids. Contact Paula Lee , for more info.

FairVote's list of colleges and universites in the USA that use IRV and Proportional Voting.

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