Cary satisfied with instant runoffs
Published: Tue, Oct. 16, 2007 12:30AM
Modified Tue, Oct. 16, 2007 01:29AM
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closeCARY -- Cary voters gave the recent instant runoff election high marks, according to a survey conducted by a professor at N.C. State University.
Michael Cobb, an assistant professor of political science, found that voters preferred ranking candidates, as they did in the Oct. 9 municipal elections, over voting for only one candidate.
The one-candidate method will sometimes require a second runoff vote in tight races.
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Cobb found that among voters who had a preference, 72 percent favored instant-runoff voting.
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