[EM] IRV in WA state

[Adam Tarr]

>About the most Hare/IRV would do for third parties is to make it easier
>to get enough votes to qualify for matching funds -- assuming the vote
>requirements aren't raised to compensate.  Hardly worth being stuck with
>a system you will have to campaign to remove later on.

yes, the real winners if IRV gets ratified is the major party that's being 
threatened by the largest third party - Democrats in Green areas and 
Republicans in Libertarian areas.  Even if the IRV supporters don't get it, 
the party leadership in these areas clearly do... hence the shifting 
support patterns depending on the prominent third party.

-Adam