Endorsements

- The Missouri Green Party - https://www.missourigreenparty.org/
- Jake Zimmerman, former Missouri State Representative, District 83
- The Libertarian Party of Missouri - http://www.lpmo.org/
- Missourians for Ranked Choice Voting

(from Fairvote)

Current and Former Federal Officeholders 

• • Former President Barack Obama

  • Former U.S. Sen. John McCain (AZ)

  • Former U.S. Rep. John Porter (IL)

  • U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (MN)

  • U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT)

Statewide Officeholders

• • Former Gov. Howard Dean (VT)

State Legislative and Local Officeholders

• • Maine Committee for Ranked Choice Voting Endorsements List

League of Women Voters State and Local Groups

• • Arizona

  • California

  • Florida

  • Maine

  • Massachusetts

  • Minneapolis

  • Minnesota

  • Montgomery County (MD)

  • North Carolina

  • Oakland

  • Oklahoma

  • Oregon

  • South Carolina

  • Tacoma-Pierce County (WA)

  • Vermont

  • Washington

Political Parties & Clubs

• • Alameda County (CA) Democratic Party

  • Alaska Republican Party

  • California Democratic Party

  • Colorado Democratic Party

  • Green Party

  • Libertarian Party

  • Maine Democratic Party

  • Massachusetts Democratic Party

  • Minneapolis, MN DFL Party

  • Progressive Democrats of America

  • Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles

  • San Francisco (CA) Democratic Party

State and Local Campaign Endorsements

• Burlington (VT) IRV Endorsement List

• Minneapolis Better Ballot Campaign Endorsement List

• IRV for Oakland Campaign Endorsement List

• Pierce County (WA) Citizens for a Better Ballot Campaign Endorsement List

• Davis (CA) Choice Voting Campaign Endorsement List

• Los Angeles, California

• Minneapolis, Minnesota

• St. Paul, Minnesota

• Santa Fe, New Mexico

Individual Endorsements

• Kathleen Barber, Professor Emerita, John Carroll University and former chair, Cuyahoga County Charter Commission

• Harriet S. Barlow, Director, HKH Foundation 

• Ted Becker, Alumni Professor of Political Science, Auburn University

• Medea Benjamin, Founding Director, Global Exchange

• Jim Blacksher, Civil Rights Attorney, Alabama

• Bart Bouricius [Read his testimony to the Connecticut House of Representatives]

• Ken Bresler, columnist and former Massachusetts state legislative candidate

• John C. Brittain, Dean, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University*

• Dennis Burke, Writer and former executive director, Arizona Common Cause

• Peter Camejo, 2004 Green Party candidate for VP, California Green Party gubernatorial candidate [Read Camejo's statement in support of IRV]

• Dan Cantor, Executive Director, Working Families Party*

• Steve Cheifetz, Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust*

• David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Presidential nominee [Read about Cobb's support of IRV]

• Steve Cobble, Former Political Director, National Rainbow Coalition

• Jeff Cohen, Author and Media Critic

• Richard DeLeon, Department of Political Science, San Francisco State University*

• Derek Cressman, Democracy Program Director, National Association of State PIRGs

• Ron Daniels, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights

• Lisa Disch, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

• Ronnie Dugger, Founder and First Co-Chair, Alliance for Democracy

• David Eliscu, Western Connecticut Green Party

• Dave Enrich, Citizens for True Democracy

• Ralph Estes, Center for Advancement of Public Policy

• Frances Fox-Piven, Graduate Center, City University of New York*

• John Gibson, Common Bonds*

• John Glasel, Past President, American Federation of Musicians’ Local 802 (NYC)*

• Ted Glick, Independent Progressive Politics Network

• Bill Gram-Reefer, Worldview

• Dr. William Grover, Chair, Political Science Department at St. Michael's College

• Lani Guinier, Professor, Harvard Law School

• Doris “Granny D” Haddock

• Dan Hamburg, Former U.S. Congressman and Executive Director, Voice of the Environment*

• Thom Hartmann, Host of the nationally syndicated radio show "The Thom Hartmann Program" [Read an excerpt about IRV from Thom Hartmann's book]

• Howie Hawkins, Green Party, Syracuse, New York

• Ronald Hayduk, Assistant Professor, City University of New York

• Hendrik Hertzberg, senior editor, The New Yorker

• Jim Hoaglund, VoterMarch*

• Gerald Horne, Attorney, Author and Activist

• Evelyn Jerome, past president, Los Angeles County Young Democrats

• Neal Jesse, Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University*

• Mark P. Jones, Associate Professor, Michigan State University

• Sheila Jordan, Alameda County Superintendent of Schools, Hayward, California

• David Kairys, Professor of Law, Temple University*

• David Dyssegaard Kallick, Former Social Policy editor

• Randy Kehler, Alliance for Democracy*

• Alex Keyssar, Professor of History, Duke University*

• Jerry Arthur Knight, Judge Hubert L. Will Chapter, American Veterans Committee

• David C. Korten, Author of When Corporations Rule the World

• Saul Landau, Institute for Policy Studies*

• Kay Lawson, Professor Emeritus, San Francisco State University

• David Lawrence, Professor of Political Science, Fordham University

• Daniel Lazare, Journalist and Author of The Frozen Republic (1996)

• Michael Lewyn, Professor, John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, Georgia

• Arend Lijphart, Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of California, San Diego*

• Phillip Macklin, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Miami University* / Chair, Governance Committee of Oxford, Ohio League of Women Voters*

• Robert McKay, San Francisco

• Kevin McKeown, City Councilmember, Santa Monica, California

• Michael Morrill, Pennsylvania Consumer Action Network

• Dr. Ted Mosch, University of Tennessee-Martin

• Jon Moscow, Co-Director, Amber Charter School, New York City

• Steven Mulroy, University of Memphis Law School

• Phil Tajitsu Nash, Asian American Studies Program, University of Maryland*

• Wayne Peak, Political Scientist, Colorado State University

• William Peltz, Capital District Labor-Religion Coalition, Albany, New York*

• Joseph G. Peschek, Political Science, Hamline University

• George Pillsbury, Bostonvote*

• Lewis Pitts, Director, Advocates for Children's Services, Legal Services of North Carolina*

• John Rapp, Professor of Political Science, Beloit College*

• Jamin Raskin, Professor of Constitutional Law, American University*

• Scott Rasmussen, Independent Public Opinion Analyst

• Willie Ratcliff, Publisher, San Francisco Bay View newspaper

• Juan C. Ros, Executive Director, Libertarian Party of California

• John Rensenbrink, Founder Maine Green Independent Party; Author: Against All Odds: the Green Transformation of American Politics (Leopold Press, 1999)

• Richard Rider, President, Economy Telcom*

• Joel Rogers, University of Wisconsin, Madison

• Mark E. Rush, Associate Professor of Politics, Washington and Lee University

• Paul Ryder, Ohio Citizen Action*

• Donald Shaffer, Member and Board of Directors, NYCLU*; Co-Chair, New Politics Club of Long Island*

• Matthew Singer, Montana YMCA Youth and Government Youth Governor 2000-2001

• James R. Simmons, Chair, Political Science Department, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh*

• Bill Smaldone, City Councilor, Salem, Oregon

• Sam Smith, Editor, The Progressive Review

• Ed Snyder, Friends Committee on National Legislation Executive Secretary Emeritus [Read a letter about IRV by Snyder to Maine legislators (.rtf 5.29kB)]

• Tony Solgard, Chair, FairVote Minnesota

• Bill Spelman, Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas; and former member, Austin City Council

• Aaron Starr, Chairman, Libertarian Party of California

• Jean Stein, editor, Grand Street Magazine*

• David Stern, Stern Family Fund

• Edward Still, Voting and Elections Attorney, Washington, DC

• Rein Taagepera, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of California, Irvine

• Nicolaus Tideman, Professor of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University*

• Michael Twombly, Executive Director, Northwest Democracy Institute

• Father Benjamin J. Urmston, S.J., Director Peace and Justice Programs, Xavier University

• Dr. Gerald R. Webster, Professor of Geography, University of Alabama*

• Leonard Williams, Department of History and Political Science, Manchester College

• Robert Winters, Harvard University Department of Mathematics*

• David Zavon, political fairness activist, Cinncinnati

• Joseph Zimmerman, Professor of Political Science, State University of New York at Albany

• Representative David Zuckerman, Vermont State House