[EM] James--Choice voting article

[James Green-Armytage]

Mike, you wrote:
>My comment wasn't a reply to the Davis article. That website, I was told,
> 
>discusses electoral reform and voting systems in general. I posted there
>by 
>clicking on "comment", and I realized at the time that it would post as a 
>reply to that article. I didn't care, and only wanted to post my voting 
>system comments.

	Well, alright. I don't think that it's a big deal either way. I just
thought that I should let you know that "choice voting" refers to STV-PR,
and that the strongest anti-IRV arguments don't really apply there. Again,
I don't think it's a big deal, but if I was you I would have posted my
comments to a page that focuses IRV, or just sent them directly to the
people responsible for the site.
>
>I'd been told that that was a voting system website, and I expected that
>IRV 
>wouldn't be unheard of there.

	Yes. That was the Santa Monica Ranked Voting group. They advocate both
IRV and STV. It looks like they're just starting out.
>
>But, aside from that, I didn't know that Choice Voting only refers to 
>multiwinner elections. Are you sure about that?

	Yes. In the parlance of most American IRV/STV groups (including that
one), "choice voting" = STV-PR. Definitely one of the least descriptive
voting method names I've ever heard, but if it works for them, great.
>
James