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RCV/IRV 101
Whether you're new to the instant runoff voting movement or you've been around since the beginning, join us to pick up new knowledge. Plus, you can learn the basics of outreach including best practices for the elevator pitch, social media interactions, and letter to the editors.
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WHENAugust 19, 2026 at 7:00pmrsvpWHEREvia Zoom
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RCV/IRV 101
Whether you're new to the instant runoff voting movement or you've been around since the beginning, join us to pick up new knowledge. Plus, you can learn the basics of outreach including best practices for the elevator pitch, social media interactions, and letter to the editors.
RSVP to receive the Zoom link.
WHENJuly 15, 2026 at 7:00pmrsvpWHEREvia Zoom
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Fair Food Poll
There's a better way to vote!
Ranked choice/instant runoff voting gives voters more choice and more voice on their ballots because they can rank their candidates. And ranking changes everything!
What does it change?
- Decrease in polarization
- Increase in campaign civility
- Ensures majority winners
- Eliminates the need for costly runoffs
- Encourages broad coalitions
- Eliminates the spoiler effect/vote splitting
- Increases representation
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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!
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Events - election reform, instant runoff voting (IRV) and more
Join us at one of our many events to learn more about our election reform initiative. Help us get instant runoff voting, IRV (aka ranked choice voting, RCV) in South Carolina.
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Every vote should count — no spoilers, no vote-splitting, just your real choice.
South Carolina's elections force voters to choose between voting for who they actually believe in and voting "strategically" to avoid a spoiler effect. That's not a real choice — it's a trap. I'm raising money to help Better Ballot SC bring ranked choice voting to South Carolina, so every voter can rank their true preferences and know their vote still counts even if their first choice doesn't win. Every dollar goes toward legislative advocacy, candidate outreach, and voter education that makes this reform real. If you believe elections should reflect what voters actually want, I'd love your support.
Melissa Couture
511sc
I've served on Better Ballot SC's board for six years and am currently Treasurer. As Second Vice Chair of the South Carolina Libertarian Party, I've seen firsthand how vote splitting and spoiler effects push voters toward "safe" picks instead of who they
