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=== United States === {{See also|Ranked-choice voting in the United States}} In the United States, the [[Proportional Representation League]] was founded in 1893 to promote STV, and their efforts resulted in its adoption by many city councils in the first half of the 20th century. More than twenty cities have used STV, including [[Cleveland]], [[Cincinnati]] and New York City. As of January 2010, it is used to elect the city council and school committee in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], the park board in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]], and the board of assessors in [[Arden, Delaware]]. STV has also been adopted for student government elections at several American universities, including [[Carnegie Mellon]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stugov.andrew.cmu.edu/elections/statics/aboutstv |title=Elect@CMU {{!}} About single transferable voting|website=Carnegie Mellon University}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dgund.com/projects/fair-voting |title=CMU Fair Ranked Voting |last=Gund |first=Devin}}</ref> [[MIT]], [[Oberlin College|Oberlin]], [[Reed College|Reed]], [[UC Berkeley]], [[UC Davis]], [[Vassar]], [[UCLA]], [[Whitman College|Whitman]], and [[UT Austin]]. The [[Fair Representation Act (United States)|Fair Representation Act]], introduced in the US Congress in June 2017, would have established STV for US House elections starting in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3057 |title=H.R.3057 β 115th Congress (2017β2018): Fair Representation Act |first=Beyer |last=Donald |date=14 July 2017 |website=Congress.gov }}</ref>
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