{"id":237,"date":"2013-05-21T06:55:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T06:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2013-05-21T07:05:09","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T07:05:09","slug":"spoiler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/spoiler\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Runoff Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content\">\n<p><strong>What is Instant Runoff Voting?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) is a small but dramatic change in the voting process, where a voter ranks their preference for candidates instead of simply punching a chad or filling in a bubble.\u00a0 This way the spoiler effect is eliminated and the most favored candidate wins in one election. To see how this works go to: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instantrunoff.com\/irv.html\">http:\/\/www.instantrunoff.com\/irv.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Nebraska Green Party is in favor of making this change because it allows voters to express what they truly feel. \u00a0It benefits the Democratic, Republican and Libertarian Parties because it reduces the spoiler effect and prevents votes from going to &#8220;the lesser of two evils&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources for Instant Runoff Voting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instantrunoff.com\/\">Instantrunoff.com<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairvote.org\/irv\/\">IRV America<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairvote.org\">Fairvote.org<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisgates.net\/irv\">Flash Demonstration of Instant Runoff Voting in Action<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Instant Runoff Voting? Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) is a small but dramatic change in the voting process, where a voter ranks their preference for candidates instead of simply punching a chad or filling in a bubble.\u00a0 This way the spoiler effect is eliminated and the most favored candidate wins in one election. To &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/spoiler\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Instant Runoff Voting<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}