[EM] Re: IRV vs. Runoff

[Steve Barney]

CORRECTION

Here is that link to my letter to the editor, again:

My Letter on IRV in UWO student govt
"Voting changes for organization"
http://at.mio.uwosh.edu/story.asp?issue=10925&story=2340


or:

<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InstantRunoffWI/message/116>



SB

--- Steve Barney <barnes99062303 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I personally wrote a resolution to replace a 2-stage
> runoff with IRV, which passed the student govt of
> the
> University of Wisconsin Oshkosh last spring. It is
> based on my study of the math. Here is a link to a
> copy of it, my letter to the editor about it, and an
> academic article which backs some of my claims.
> 
> My Letter on IRV in UWO student govt 
>
<http://at.mio.uwosh.edu/story.asp?issue=10925&story=2340>
> 
> "OSA Assembly Resolution SA-02-001"
>
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InstantRunoffWI/message/115>
> 
> "Analysis of voting procedures in one-seat
> elections:
> Condorcet efficiency and Borda efficiency"
> DIMITRI VANDERCRUYSSEN (KUL)1
> March 1999
>
<http://www.econ.kuleuven.ac.be/ew/admin/Publications/DPS99/Dps9911.pdf>
> 
> 
> 
> SB
> Oshkosh, WI
> 
> PS: This message might get repeatedly posted, since
> I
> am having some technical problems.
> 
> --- In election-methods-list at yahoogroups.com, Bart
> Ingles <bartman at n...> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > I had intended to reply to this thoughtful but
> long
> essay, but haven't
> > had time to go through it in detail before now.
> > 
> > On the question of IRV vs Plurality, I would like
> to
> first point out
> > that pure first-past-the-post is not really the
> norm
> for U.S.
> > elections.  For nonpartisan local elections, the
> question should really
> > be IRV vs. Runoff.  And for partisan state and
> federal elections, we
> > generally have primary and general elections,
> which
> are similar in
> > effect to runoffs. 
> > 
> > 
> > James Green-Armytage wrote on 8/3/03:
> > >         I am interested in knowing how everyone
> here feels about this question:
> > >         Which is better, IRV or Plurality?
> [...]


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