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July Statewide Strategy Meeting: Columbia - Better Ballot SC
Are you interested in becoming a part of the voting reform effort in South Carolina? Let's expand instant runoff voting (also known as ranked choice voting) in South Carolina and give voters More Choice and More Voice.
We've been working to educate voters about this common sense upgrade to the way that we currently vote. Join us to Better the South Carolina Ballot by RSVPing for our monthly statewide strategy meeting.
We're hybrid! Columbia's meeting will be located at a Bierkeller Brewing Company (600 Canalside St, Columbia, SC 29201). Prepare for a fun, informative time. We will begin the meeting virtually with a statewide recap and then break into local groups. Please arrive 15 minutes early to situate yourself and to chat with fellow supporters. Can't make it in person? That's alright too. You can join your local group virtually!
If you are attending in person, we will be holding a food drive. Please bring canned or other dried goods to donate to Food Not Bombs. They prefer canned vegetables.
Curious how it works? It's as easy as 1, 2, 3! Join the call and we can go more in depth, but here are the basics:
When voters go to the polls, instead of voting for one, they rank their candidates. This gives voters More Voice and More Choice. If a voter's top choice has no path to victory, their vote is transferred to their second choice. This ensures majority support while eliminating costly runoffs. It also has some other great benefits:
- Reduces polarization and mudslinging
- Eliminates the spoiler effect and vote splitting
- Increases representation
Visit our Why IRV? page to learn more. Or come to the meeting!
WHENJuly 28, 2026 at 6:30pm2 rsvps rsvpWHEREBierkeller Brewing Company
600 Canalside St
Columbia, SC 29201
United States
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Become a volunteer
Looking to join the Better Ballot SC team? Fill out the form below and we'll be in touch with details about how you can help expand instant runoff (ranked choice) voting in South Carolina. You can give as little or as much time as you are comfortable with, every action helps.
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Become a volunteer
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Show Your Support for IRV
Please sign below to show your support for instant runoff voting. The more signatures we have, the easier it will be for this important legislation to move forward.
Add signature"We, the undersigned citizens of South Carolina, are tired of the State of South Carolina wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars every two years on unnecessary runoff elections. I’m fed up with making voters waste their time going to the polls twice to elect someone, when there’s a simple way to vote just once. I’m frustrated with not voting my conscience due to fear of splitting my vote or acting as a 'spoiler'. I’m upset that candidates can be elected without a majority of the votes cast. We are tired of negative and divisive politics. I long for a voting system that promotes respectable candidate debates instead of the current practice of 'mudslinging' and 'flaming.'We believe South Carolina can be a leader in bringing civility and efficiency back to our government through the use of instant runoff voting.I appeal to the South Carolina Legislature to pass - and the Governor to sign – legislation that allows instant runoff voting in South Carolina elections."Together we can make a difference!
In addition to signing below, get involved or make a donation to help in our mission.
Brewer Leggett
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