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Click the links below to see the many letters to the editor and opinion pieces that IRV supporters have had published in local newspapers

Letter to the Editor: The Post and Courier

June 19, 2026, "Revise Voting Method" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letters-road-safety-asap-act-voting-method/article_b093c7d7-8e5d-4cea-983b-ab744943f97e.html

"South Carolina should adopt ranked-choice voting, which eliminates runoffs. Alaska does it, and it is used by S.C. military members serving overseas."

Editorial: The Post and Courier

June 13, 2026, "Charleston School Board members need broader support then the Legislature requires" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/charleston-county-school-board-elections-turnout/article_43037915-479e-40d5-bbcd-f9431cbfbc75.html

"Either way, the Charleston County School Board's newest member would have been sworn in with a much broader base of support. It's an oversight lawmakers should fix, either by requiring runoffs or by allowing an instant runoff voting method, which also is referred to as ranked choice."

 

Editorial: The Post and Courier

May 30, 2026, "After wisely eliminating 2 partisan elections, SC Legislature needs to end more" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/sc-partisan-elections-cities-legislature/article_8ca5a5d2-b8d6-4e9b-a49b-edae6f768f50.html

"The Legislature requires the top two vote-getters in the first round of partisan elections to go through a runoff if no candidate receives a majority of the vote. This actually makes all the sense in the world — although it would make more sense if we used instant-runoff voting — whether the election is partisan or not."

Opinion: FitsNews

May 23, 2026, "Gerrymandering is Autocracy by Another Name" https://www.fitsnews.com/2026/05/23/fitsforum-gerrymandering-is-autocracy-by-another-name/

"By embracing proportional representation, we can ensure that our maps reflect our actual communities, not our politicians’ anxieties. It is time to start fixing the system itself. If we want a government that is truly of, by, and for the people, we must stop drawing lines that divide us and start building a system where every single vote actually matters."

Editorial: The Post and Courier

February 26, 2026, "Candidates deserve spots on SC ballots; parties don't" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/sc-republican-party-close-primaries-pure/article_1c557c35-49a6-463c-87cf-dbf0faaf52cf.html

Letter: Upstate Today

February 21, 2026, "A win for everyone" https://upstatetoday.com/opinion/a-win-for-everyone/article_f665da48-9031-4887-9ebe-b4770b6bd6a4.html and https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letters-raise-scholarship-instant-runoff-voting-american-dream/article_c11f902c-f440-48cc-be09-810b219bc3d9.html

Letter: The Post and Courier

January 30 2026, "Don't Close Primaries" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letters-ten-commandments-closed-primaries-estate-planning-sign/article_9c10e228-9ada-4cc3-9c57-e46cd1739bfc.html

Opinion: The Post and Courier

May 30, 2025, "Editorial: North Charleston elections should usher in further changes" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/north-charleston-city-council-elections/article_d29934f8-1ea7-4ab7-9697-68a4f77a4f4b.html

Letters: The Post and Courier

January 28, 2024, "Improve SC Politics" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/opinions-letters-improve-politics-state-bad-planning/article_21fe1128-d44f-11ef-b290-7343359ca498.html

Opinion: The Daniel Island News

August 7, 2024, "Instant Runoff Voting Can Change Elections for the Better" https://www.thedanielislandnews.com/opinions/instant-runoff-voting-can-change-elections-better

Commentary: The Post and Courier

July 18, 2024, "Ranked-choice voting, open primaries can help bring civility back to politics" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/commentary/ranked-choice-voting-open-primaries-divisive-political-rhetoric/article_c9ef90dc-43ae-11ef-8be0-ffe9cd6dbf97.html

Editorial: The Post and Courier

June 29, 2024, "Tuesday's runoffs underscores a need for instant-runoff voting" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/instant-runoff-would-up-sc-voter-participation/article_b822f848-3400-11ef-99f3-abd63122a7f9.html

 

Letter: The State

June 14, 2024, "A move to instant runoff voting would reduce costs and end the state's "archaic" system" https://www.thestate.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article289272745.html

 

Editorial: The Post and Courier

June 13, 2024, "Trusting the mail could cost you your vote in June 25 SC primary runoff" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/slow-mail-threatens-sc-runoff-ballots/article_30c085f2-21ca-11ef-a2b9-179972a5b416.html

 

Opinion: The State

June 6, 2024, "Four election reforms that would expand voter choice and chip away at incumbency" https://www.thestate.com/opinion/article288999169.html

 

Editorial: The Post and Courier

January 15, 2024, "SC's military and overseas voters get this option. Why don't the rest of us?" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/sc-overseas-military-voters-use-instant-runoff/article_aaf79aaa-b0ea-11ee-9b40-1f8f8597b1bc.html

 

Letter to the Editor: The Post and Courier

January 14, 2024, "South Carolina should try ranked-choice voting" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/south-carolina-ranked-choice-voting/article_b008a448-a9b1-11ee-9340-43b25b31fdb0.html

 

Letter to the Editor: The Post and Courier

December 20, 2023, "Ranked-choice voting can transform politics" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/ranked-choice-voting-can-transform-politics-in-charleston/article_c39e4f56-8ed3-11ee-90b7-6f507f13ba0b.html

Editorial: The Post and Courier

December 16, 2023, "Charleston should back efforts to allow ranked-choice voting" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-charleston-should-back-effort-to-allow-ranked-choice-voting/article_fe984376-9a88-11ee-be6e-afef89f316ef.html

 

Editorial: The Post and Courier

December 1, 2023, "Local elections went fairly well. This change would improve them" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-local-elections-went-fairly-well-this-change-would-improve-them/article_0a9fc300-8afe-11ee-b676-7bac42a95dc8.html

 

Editorial: The Post and Courier

November 25, 2023, "A change North Charleston needs to make" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-a-change-north-charleston-needs-to-make/article_66447efa-8971-11ee-af14-8bb93b3cdc9f.html

 

Editorial: The Post and Courier

November 13, 2023, "North Charleston averted an electoral disaster, or did it?" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-north-charleston-averted-an-electoral-disaster-or-did-it/article_30132ce0-7e73-11ee-9d15-fb9d2fcd5b7b.html

 

Our View: Charleston City Paper

November 10, 2023, "Elections show need for new voting process" https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2023/11/10/our-view-elections-show-need-for-new-voting-process/

 

Opinion: The Post and Courier

August 19, 2023, "Haley-Scott-Youngkin argument should prompt change in SC primary rules" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-haley-scott-youngkin-argument-should-prompt-change-in-sc-primary-rules/article_0e61aac0-3bae-11ee-8070-3f7efae1ed7e.html

 

My Turn: The Statehouse Report

August 18, 2023, "Instant runoff voting could fix broken election system" https://www.statehousereport.com/2023/08/18/my-turn-instant-runoff-voting-could-fix-broken-election-system/

 

Commentary: The Post and Courier

August 15, 2023, "Ranked-choice primary would increase odds of Haley or Scott win" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/commentary/commentary-ranked-choice-primary-would-increase-odds-of-haley-or-scott-win/article_4311ecb0-3971-11ee-9406-b3e8a9caf425.html

 

Opinion: The Post and Courier

August 4, 2023, "When fewer candidates actually give voters a clearer choice" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-when-fewer-candidates-actually-gives-voters-a-clearer-choice/article_5d98b52a-2fb5-11ee-a54d-0f1c81068dad.html

 

Letter to the Editor: The Post and Courier

June 8, 2023, "Ranked choice voting would force candidates to campaign in all states" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letters-ranked-choice-voting-would-force-candidates-to-campaign-in-all-states/article_189c6ff6-f41a-11ed-be0e-57383319132d.html

 

Opinion: The Post and Courier

April 17, 2023, "SC House has time to fix small election glitch this year, maybe a larger one too" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-sc-house-has-time-to-fix-small-election-glitch-this-year-maybe-larger-one/article_1129bb6a-dd2d-11ed-ba81-7f3cf520b800.html

 

Opinion: The Post and Courier

April 15, 2023, "North Charleston must fix its flawed city elections while it still can" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-north-charleston-must-fix-its-flawed-city-elections-while-it-still-can/article_c1f03680-d9fa-11ed-9a07-5f27c39d8264.html

 

Letter to the Editor: The Post and Courier

Mar 21, 2023, "Support instant runoff for municipal elections in SC" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letters-support-instant-runoff-for-municipal-elections-in-sc/article_598a7ea0-b940-11ed-97bf-dbf95e736f20.html

 

Letter to the Editor: The Sun News

Mar 14, 2023, "Simplify Elections" https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article272982180.html

 

Letter to the Editor: The Times and Democrat

Mar 9, 2023, "Ranked voting vs runoff" https://thetandd.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article_0655db9d-6e02-5c18-bc91-f1990d41a902.html

 

Opinion: Post and Courier

Feb 25, 2023, "A 13% salary increase? North Charleston's political plan is ill conceived" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-a-13-salary-increase-north-charlestons-political-pay-plan-is-ill-considered/article_517a3410-b2ee-11ed-94bc-f3bdf56f9041.html

 

Our View: Charleston City Paper

Feb 1, 2023, "Defend Democracy Now, More Than Ever" https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2023/02/01/our-view-defend-democracy-now-more-than-ever/

 

Letter to the Editor: The State

Jan 22, 2023, "Letter: Support RCV" https://www.thestate.com/article271404912.html

 

Commentary: Post and Courier

Jan 22, 2023, "Ranked choice voting means more voices and more choices for South Carolinians" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/commentary/commentary-ranked-choice-voting-means-more-voices-choices-for-south-carolinians/article_eb142834-9821-11ed-bcc9-bf2880c525a0.html

 

Opinion: Post and Courier

Nov 19, 2022, "Scoppe: Ranked-choice voting just keeps growing. It’s time for SC to expand its use here" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/commentary/scoppe-ranked-choice-voting-just-keeps-growing-its-time-for-sc-to-expand-its-use/article_674bb5e6-6548-11ed-8f44-17fa572bad58.html

 

Letter to the Editor: Post and Courier

Nov 18, 2022, "Ranked Choice" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letters-250-committees-research-revolutionary-war-in-sc/article_3008f0c6-4ef0-11ed-b062-af32c4ad8630.html This article won the Golden Pen Award: https://www.postandcourier.com/letter-on-ranked-choice-voting-wins-golden-pen-for-november/article_7d3e13bc-7b1e-11ed-882e-f77cad6b91e5.html

 

Opinion: Post and Courier

August 14, 2022, "An important reminder of how elections work and how SCs could work better" https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-an-important-reminder-of-how-elections-work-and-how-scs-could-work-better/article_70e99370-1750-11ed-8372-1f26839ee521.html

 

Opinion: The State

February 2022, "Want to change SC politics for the better? Vote incumbents out, Columbia resident urges" https://www.thestate.com/opinion/article258132688.html

 

Letter to the Editor: Greenville News

October 30, 2020, "Why South Carolina Lawmakers Should Get Behind Ranked Choice Voting" https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/opinion/2021/10/30/letter-congress-should-fund-switch-ranked-choice-voting/8565312002/

 

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