Reality: IRV is counted by machines in most jurisdictions in the US and abroad.

IRV-capable equipment is used across the country – in San Francisco, Pierce County, Cambridge (MA), Burlington (VT) and Aspen (CO) and in Scotland, New Zealand and other countries – to tally ballots.

IRV-capable machines will not be used in Minneapolis in 2009 because they are not certified for use in Minnesota. Minneapolis anticipates that certified IRV-capable machines will be available for purchase by the next scheduled municipal election in 2013. According to elections director Joe Mansky, Ramsey County anticipates buying new machines by 2011 and they will have the opportunity to purchase IRV-capable machines for this election. The next generation of voting equipment is IRV-capable.