Quoting the Progressive Party news letter:

Instant Runoff Voting, S.108, has passed the House and Senate. It is expected to hit the desk of Governor Douglas by the end of the week. While Douglas has publicly said that he does not like IRV, there are some signs that he may be willing to let it pass into law without his signature.

Douglas signed the last IRV bill sent to his desk, a Burlington charter change that took effect in 2006. Given IRV’s huge success in Burlington (99.9% valid ballots), a Douglas veto would say either democracy is good for Burlington but bad for the rest of the state, or IRV is bad for Vermont, but he doesn’t care about elections in Burlington.

There is wide support for IRV, from groups ranging from the League of Women Voters to the Utah State Republican Committee, from John McCain and Barack Obama, from the 53 of 56 towns that supported the change in past town meeting resolutions, and from the large number of phone calls coming into the Governor’s office over the past several days.

If majority winners in elections are important to you, please take time today to call Governor Douglas’ office at: 800-649-6825.

No better way to put it.