[EM] Eugene rejected 'IRV' option; vote-splitting in AV

[Blake Cretney]

On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:50:17 -0700
Bart Ingles <bartman at netgate.net> wrote:

> 
> Craig Carey wrote:
> > 
> > The Gang of 9 was running an anti-IRV campaign. The anti-IRV
cartoons
> > are dated 2 Sept 2001 to 3 days ago (17 Sept), and they are here:
> > 
> >      http://www.thegangof9.com/past_cartoons.phtml
> 
> 
> What a great web site!  Too bad it's only for Eugene, OR.
> I had trouble viewing it with Netscape 4.7, but it comes up in
> Explorer.  

We often seem to assume that a voter's chief problem with a system is
the ballot itself.  That is, the voter neatly assigns a utility to
each candidate, but has trouble translating this into a ranked ballot
(by numbering the candidates in order).  It appears more likely to me
that the problem is that many voters simply cannot organize a large
number of options in their heads.  That would leave plurality, limited
voting (one vote), and party list (including some open list variants)
as possible methods.  Of course, more difficult methods could still be
used in legislatures and private organizations.

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Blake Cretney