Local Endorsements

Who supports Instant Runoff Voting in North Carolina?

*Affiliations listed for identification purposes only

  • John Hood, President of the John Locke Foundation
  • Anita Earls, Voting Rights Attorney, Director, Southern Coalition for Social Justice
  • Cynthia Brown, consultant, US Senate Candidate 2002
  • George Friday, Co-Director, Independent Progressive Politics Network
  • Ervin Portman, At-Large Cary Town Council Member
  • Dr. John Gilbert, retired NCSU political science professor and Chair, Wake County Board of             Elections
  • Gray Newman, Chair Mecklenburg County Soil and Water Conservation Board & Board Member     Democracy NC
  • Diana Haskell, President, Wake County League of Women Voters
  • Dr. Oliver Williams, NCSU Political Science Professor
  • Mark Ortiz, U.S. House 8th District candidate 2006
  • Barbara Zelter, Heirs to a Fighting Tradition
  • Dr. Michael Munger, Chair, Duke Political Science Dept
  • Dr. Michael Schwalbe, NCSU Sociology Professor
  • Salma Mirza, UNC Student Action with Workers
  • Dr. David Zonderman, NCSU History Professor
  • Jan Martell, Chair, NC Green Party
  • Ronald Harayda, Veterans for Peace
  • Sean Haugh, National Libertarian Party Political Director
  • Caitlin Breedlove, Co-Director, Southerners On New Ground
  • Mandy Carter, Mandy Carter Consulting, Southerners on New Ground
  • Dr. Andrea Mensch, NCSU English Professor


North Carolina Organizations


  • Democracy North Carolina
  • North Carolina Fair Share
  • Southern Coalition for Social Justice
  • NC Public Interest Research Group (NCPIRG)
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Coalition
  • Independent Progressive Politics Network
  • Southerners On New Ground
  • North Carolina Green Party