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Re: Instant Runoff Voting
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 7 Aug 2002 15:10:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> See
> http://www.AlaskansforVotersRights.com/
> for more info on a ballot proposal on the Alaska Primary that will do much
> to give people more choice at less expense. The Alaska LP supports this
> which is how I heard about it.
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> Instant Runoff means that when you vote you also give second, third, etc
> choices so if there is no clear winner in the first round, some candidates
> are eliminated and the ballots cast for them are reevaluated for second,
> third, etc choices to see if a majority is now achieved.
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> This is believed to defuse the "wasted vote" charge (to a certain extent)
> that dogs minor parties in the US.
In a perfect world it would work. But I doubt people would not readily
accept that type of voting because you have to think of how you fill out the
ballot. Also, you still end up with situations of people purposely spoiling
ballots, i.e. picking the same candidate for all choices.
Although, it does give me an idea for the next Space Contest...
Jude
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