<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>I ran across this article in the publici talking about IRV in Urbana:</div><div><br></div><div>

<span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">(seems to be down at the moment): <a href="http://publici.ucimc.org/a-brief-history-of-instant-runoff-voting-in-urbana-municipal-elections/">http://publici.ucimc.org/a-brief-history-of-instant-runoff-voting-in-urbana-municipal-elections/</a></span>

<br></div><div><br></div><div>Web Archive Link: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160809204842/http://publici.ucimc.org/a-brief-history-of-instant-runoff-voting-in-urbana-municipal-elections/">https://web.archive.org/web/20160809204842/http://publici.ucimc.org/a-brief-history-of-instant-runoff-voting-in-urbana-municipal-elections/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Doing research, it looks like Durl Kruse was spearheading this. I had found an email address for him, but it no longer seems to work, I get a bounce back when I mail to it. Does anyone have any current email address for Durl?</div><div><br></div><div>Or also, does anyone have more information about what happened with IRV in Urbana or how to pick the torch back up? (the article seems to say that it kinda petered out in 2008) The folks over at Illinois Ranked Choice Voting (which is mainly comprised of volunteers in CU area) is looking to re-ignite the conversation and potentially work towards getting Urbana to switch.</div><div><br></div><div>---<br>James M</div></div>