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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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Including if americans think president ial candidates should be required to release tax returns, and if citizens should be required to show government. D to vote ranked Choice Voting is a system that takes voters preference among candidates into account if no candidate receives a majority. Only 37 of voters prefer ranked choice over winner takes all systems. This is an hour and 20 minutes. Hello, good evening, and welcome to new america. I am glad we have such a nice room. I am the director of the Political Reform Program. I want to welcome you all to a discussion about the possibilities of ranked Choice Voting, potentially solving a bunch of different challenges. This is an event in a series of events for new americas 20th anniversary. It was founded in 1999. We are creating a home for new generation of people and ideas across a wide range of Public Policy questions. I am kind of an of the oldtimers, although i was not here in 1999, although i knew the founders and saw the creation of