In the wake of the Cary and Hendersonville elections with instant runoff voting in 2007, we the undersigned support the extension of the IRV pilot program to 2012, which would allow more municipalities and counties to participate in the program and to consider it for more general use in the future.

To facilitate these pilots and to allow North Carolina to consider instant runoff voting for statewide elections, we support North Carolina upgrading all its current and future equipment to be ready to run instant runoff voting elections with certified software, upholding auditing and election integrity standards.