Instant runoff voting is slowing down.
Only one North Carolina town — Hendersonville — will use the voting method this year as part of a pilot project.
After using instant-runoff voting, plurality elections and traditional runoffs, the Cary Town Council decided to stick with a traditional runoff.
Instant runoff voting is a newer method that avoids the expense of a second election by allowing voters to designate a second choice on their ballot. If no candidate wins a majority, second-choice votes are then counted, essentially creating an "instant" runoff.
Wednesday was the deadline for a town or city to volunteer with the State Board of Elections for the voting method in this fall's elections.
Voter activist Joyce McCloy, who opposes IRV, called it a "blow to lobbying groups who had set their hopes" on Cary.
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