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In 1997, FairVote began referring to preferential voting as "Instant Runoff voting".<ref>[https://www.csmonitor.com/1997/0721/072197.opin.opin.1.html "Fuller, Fairer Elections? How?"]. ''Christian Science Monitor''. 1997-07-21. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Serial_Number ISSN] [https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0882-7729 0882-7729]<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-12-14</span></span>.</ref><ref>From [https://web.archive.org/web/19990427031915/http://www.fairvote.org/email_archives/070298.htm the 1998 newsletter]: "Note that the transferable ballot can be used as a proportional representation system in multi-seat districts (what we call "choice voting") and in one-winner elections (what we call "instant runoff voting")."</ref> Though the term "ranked-choice voting" existed as early as 1999,<ref>http://archive.fairvote.org/library/statutes/irv_stat_lang.htm San Francisco Charter Amendment, introduced October 1999 "SEC. 13.102. RANKED-CHOICE BALLOTS"</ref><ref>Instant Runoff Voting Charter Amendment for San Francisco passed on March 5, 2002, "''to provide for the election of the Mayor, Sheriff, District Attorney, City Attorney, Treasurer, Assessor-Recorder, Public Defender, and members of the Board of Supervisors using a ranked-choice, or “instant run-off,” ballot, to require that City voting systems be compatible with a ranked-choice ballot system, and setting a date and conditions for implementation.''"</ref> they didn't appear to start using the term in earnest until 2006,<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20060927205517/http://www.fairvote.org/rcv/ FairVote and the LWV-Arizona Support Ranked Choice Voting]" Dr. Barbara Klein and Rob Richie</ref> and didn't deprecate the term "instant runoff voting" until 2013.<ref>The [https://web.archive.org/web/20130729141521/http://www.fairvote.org/ July 2013 homepage of fairvote.org] was the first to refer to "ranked choice voting" as a preferred term to "instant-runoff"</ref>
== Chapters ==
=== FairVote CA ===
* FairVote CA<ref>https://fairvoteca.org</ref>
=== FairVote WA ===
Formerly known as the "Washington Citizens for Proportional Representation".<ref>https://fairvotewa.org/</ref>
== Footnotes ==
* [http://www.fairvote.org/ Center for Voting and Democracy]
* [http://www.democracyusa.org/ Democracy USA]
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