[EM] CVD PDF brochure says IRV is "constitutional"

[Craig Carey]

One up for Rob: it looks like the CVD has forged at its internal
anvils of triumph and process, a brochure recording a victory for
the Alternative Vote ("IRV") method when it came under a legal
consideration.

Neither brochures has any detailed legal references to the
decision. Even in the glossy brochures, the CVD keeps people
uninformed of absolutely vital facts, as if it were cake and
biscuit manufacturer.

The following links are contained on this webpage:
http://www.fairvote.org/library/brochure/index.htm


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http://www.fairvote.org/library/brochure/pdf/irv.pdf

"Is it constitutional?

Yes, the Courts have ruled that instant runoffs are a
constitutional voting system that upholds the principles of one
person/one vote and majority rule. Visit our website,
www.fairvote.org, to learn more about instant runoff elections."

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http://www.fairvote.org/library/brochure/pdf/irv_text.pdf

"Is IRV constitutional?

Yes, IRV is a constitutional voting system that upholds the U.S.
Constitution's principles of one person - one vote and majority
rule."

   Fascinating, but false too. IRV is a formula that is failed by
   that test and apparently without the CVD or any following its
   advice benefiting from that. We need to understand that "one
   person, one vote" means that the power p, must satisfy 0<=p,
   rather than -1<=p<=1 (which seems to me to be a right
   interpretation of those 4 words provided that monotonicity is
   imposed at the same time).

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This a short phrase in the older so called "IRV" method brochure:

"Vote for the candidate you like without helping to elect the
candidate you don't."