[EM] Re: IRV letter

[Ken Taylor]

> Why not pit all the best methods head to head against Plurality, and then
> adopt the method that beats Plurality by the greatest number of votes (if
> plurality isn't the CW).
>
> Wouldn't that be a more democratic way of deciding the voting method than
> having a committee of unelected nincompoops decide what the single
> alternative is going to be?
>

This is a very strange way to spin this. Since when should you have to be
"elected" to get an initiative on the ballot? Since when should a group
who's pushing for such an initiative be required to also put initiatives on
for alternate positions that they don't agree with?

Once an initiative is accepted, then the voters at large can
*democratically* decide whether or not to implement it. If you disagree,
don't vote for it, and perhaps organize to get your own initiative passed.

Ken