Folks in the Vermont state house are "cautiously optimistic" that Governor Douglas will sign on to S.108, Vermont's own instant runoff bill. It had passed the Vermont Senate last year and was sent over to the House. S.108 passed it's third reading in the House last Friday, and now it is on for any reconciliation and then to the governor for signing.

A little mea culpa (I think) below

Follow up:

Back in this entry I made what now appears to be a spurious claim regarding what changes have been made to S.108 since it arrived in the House. I'm not sure how I missed an entire paragraph, but it appears I did as the referred to paragraph is (now anyway) in the version as passed by the Senate.

But then again so is some other minor wording I was told was added in the House.

I do know Representative Chris Pearson (P - Burlington) on Friday did successfully amend the bill to change the effective date from 01/01/08 to 07/01/08 ... still in time for this year's election.

Happy voting, and don't forget to give Governor Douglas' office a call.