The Senate Government Operations Committee was set to narrowly approve implementing a IRV system in Vermont, starting with the U.S. House race in 2008, this morning after weeks of back-and-forth testimony.
But that didn't happen.
The scheduled vote was scrapped this morning - and tentatively rescheduled for next Wednesday - after the Democrats on the committee who support IRV realized they were missing a key vote: Sen. Edward Flanagan, D-Chittenden.
Committee chair Sen. Jeanette White, D-Windham, said Flanagan was the tie-breaker on the vote; otherwise it would have failed 2-2, with the body's two Republicans voting against it.
-Dan Barlow
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