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Natalie andrews covers congress for the wall street journal reporting at wsj. Com. On twitter, she is a w sj, thank you for joining us. Thank you. America hosted a discussion on ranked Choice Voting also called instant runoff voting. It takes voters second and third choices into account if no candidate receives the majority. This is one hour 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome to new america. Im glad we have a nice room, comfortable chairs. Im the director of the food and political reform and when i welcome you all to a discussion of the possibilities of ring Choice Voting as it approaches and revives our democracy in various ways potentially solving and bone jump different challenges. America was founded in 1999 with the idea of creating a home for new generation of both people and ideas across a wide range of Public Policy questions, i am one of the oldtimers although i was not here 1989 but i knew the founders and some of the creation and forming the polit
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