[Note that CfER President Steve Chessin is on the panel.]
[Feel free to forward to other lists.]

The New America Foundation and Common Cause will sponsor a panel
discussion about Instant Runoff Voting, featuring San Jose city
councilors Sam Liccardo and Ash Kalra, on Thursday, June 11, from Noon
to 1:15 p.m., in room 225 of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Library
in San Jose. The event is free and open to the public and lunch will
be provided. The library is located at 150 E. San Fernando Street in
downtown San Jose. Parking is readily available in nearby city parking
garages.

The panel discussion, "Instant Runoff Voting: What will it do for San
Jose?" will be moderated by San Jose State University political science
professor Terry Christensen. In addition to Liccardo and Kalra, other
panelists for the event include Steve Chessin, the president of
Californians for Electoral Reform, and Katie Selenski, a board member
of California Common Cause.

"There is a lot of interest about Instant Runoff Voting in San Jose and
this timely event will help inform the public and generate discussion
about how we can improve local elections," said Blair Bobier, Deputy
Director of New America's Political Reform Program.

The San Jose Elections Commission considered Instant Runoff Voting at
its May meeting and will revisit the subject on June 10. In April, the
central committee of the Santa Clara County Democratic Party adopted a
resolution urging "the San Jose City Council to place a charter
amendment before city voters that replaces San Jose's unnecessary and
expensive two round runoff elections with instant runoff voting."

For more information about this event and Instant Runoff Voting, visit
the webpage of New America's Political Reform Program
www.newamerica.net/programs/political_reform
<http://www.newamerica.net/programs/political_reform> .

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