Progressive wins 2nd round in Burlington
Mar 7 2006 10:53PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Progressive Bob Kiss was elected mayor of Vermont's largest city Tuesday, winning on the second ballot of instant runoff voting under the city's new election system.
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Correction: March 4 Instant Runoff story
Mar 7 2006 4:57PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - In a March 4 story about instant runoff voting, The Associated Press, relying on city officials and other authorities, reported erroneously that Burlington, Vt., would be the first city in the country to use the system to elect a mayor. Ann Arbor, Mich., used instant runoff voting to elect a mayor in 1975, but repealed the system a year later.
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New Orleans mayoral candidate jailed
Mar 7 2006 10:59AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In what has become a bizarre sideshow to this city's mayor's race, one of the candidates has been sentenced to three days in jail for contempt of court.
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