Content Categorized with "Instant Runoff Voting"
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Reasons to Reconsider Plurality Voting
- Posted: August 18, 2010
- Author(s): Cathy Le
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Reforms
Nominating contests for congressional and gubernatorial races often attract many candidates running to be the nominee for their respective party. When more than two candidates compete under a plurality voting system, elections can be won with only a minority percent of the vote and top contenders or ‘spoilers’ can end up splitting the vote, handing the election to a weak nominee.
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Instant Runoff: Key Tests and Elections in November 2010
- Posted: August 13, 2010
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home
This fall marks a key season for instant runoff voting, the ranked choice voting method that accommodates more voter choice in elections.
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Why the Condorcet criterion is less important than it seems
- Posted: August 10, 2010
- Author(s): Alec Slatky
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting
A frequent criticism of instant runoff voting is the fact candidates who beat all others in head-to-head competitions can actually lose. But if such candidates win all the time, there would be unintended consequences.
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Michigan Primary Results Reveal Flaws in Winner-Take-All System
- Posted: August 5, 2010
- Author(s): Cathy Le
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Reforms
The August 3rd primary in Michigan had several competitive races. In nomination contests for 15 U.S. House seats and the governor’s race, six of the winners will advance despite falling short of a majority of the vote in the primary.
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Australia to Hold National Instant Runoff Voting Elections on August 21
- Posted: August 5, 2010
- Author(s): Cathy Le
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting
Just three weeks after becoming Australia’s first female prime minister, Julia Gillard announced national elections would be held on August 21, 2010.
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Colorado, the GOP, and IRV
- Posted: July 26, 2010
- Author(s): Patrick Withers
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Reforms
One major political party in Colorado sees first hand the weaknesses of our current electoral system. Will they also see the solution?
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Why IRV Produces a Majority Winner
- Posted: July 12, 2010
- Author(s): Alec Slatky
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting
A common criticism of instant runoff voting is that IRV does not necessarily produce a “majority winner.” This criticism is misleading, and does not recognize the true meaning of a “majority winner” in any given election.
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Alternative Vote: Big Advances for IRV in New York City, UK, More
- Posted: July 9, 2010
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home
Instant runoff voting, the "alternative vote", continues its remarkable progress. A charter commission in New York City is seriously considering a November ballot measure on adoption of instant runoff voting, with backing from a range of New York leaders. A charter commission in Portland, the biggest city in Maine, has made its final recommendation for a November ballot measure to amend its charter to elect its mayor directly with IRV.
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Primary Runoffs Show Need for Reform
- Posted: June 23, 2010
- Author(s): Alec Slatky
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting
Everyone can agree that the higher the turnout, the better. But then why do we accept runoff elections where the winners often receive fewer votes than they did in the initial primary? There must be a better way...
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Drawn Into the Fray: Thinking Outside the Single Member District Box
- Posted: June 23, 2010
- Author(s): Patrick Withers
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Proportional Voting
Since the foundation of our democracy, gerrymandering, or the strategic drawing of districts to somehow bias the electoral result, has been an important, albeit nefarious, component of American politics. It is common, especially in census years, for voters to rail against politicians on both sides of the aisle for using gerrymandering to secure their own party's power. While there is plenty of blame to go around, perhaps there is a larger problem lying underneath the surface. Perhaps the problem lies in the creation of single-member districts itself.