<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div>Sorry I don't get online much, but everyone should know that RCV is getting a LOT of good publicity.</div><div>1-Maine just had the first statewide IRV election in U.S. history.</div><div>2-since then, there have been op-ed(s?) in the NYT calling for RCV nationwide</div><div>3-London Breed has just become the first african american female mayor of SF: thanks to RCV.</div><div>4-Jesse Arreguin is the first latino mayor of Berkeley, thanks to RCV.</div><div>5-Jean Quan was the first asian mayor of Oakland, thanks to RCV.</div><div>6-Libby Schaaf, Oakland's new mayor, was elected thanks to RCV.</div><div><br></div><div>If you want to pay attention, IRV/RCV/ranked pairs are inevitably the future, that is why I don't understand this craziness discussing outdated election "systems."</div><div>-Thanks for reading</div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"></div></div></body></html>