RESOLUTION SUPPORTING INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING

WHEREAS, the California Democratic Party platform calls for exploring
alternative election systems, such as instant runoff voting (IRV), and
Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean has and continues to
publicly state his support of the use of IRV; and

WHEREAS, the use of IRV in San Francisco's Board of Supervisors
elections in November 2004 was a resounding success according to
practically all observers; and

WHEREAS, the use of IRV by each state (in particular, by either New
Hampshire or Florida) in the November 2000 Presidential election would
have prevented the stealing of the election of Al Gore by George W.
Bush;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Santa Clara County  Democratic Party
supports the use of IRV in all single-winner elections at all levels of
government, including the election of presidential electors.

Approved by SCCDCC Executive Board, March 15, 2005