[EM] "IRV" in the news

[Brian Olson]

Holy Cloned Candidates, Batman!

For once I wish the fairvote.org folks would step in and make them do  
IRV and STV right.

As soon as I find the relevant people in North Carolina, I'll have to  
send them my version - http://bolson.org/voting/law/ 
ElectionSystemsCode.html

On Jul 21, 2006, at 3:40 PM, Jonathan Lundell wrote:

> At 3:28 PM -0700 7/21/06, Brian Olson wrote:
>> Also, I really hope this is reporter error and they're not actually
>> implementing the broken bizarro-IRV described in the article.
>
> Worse, actually. Check out their multi-seat variation.
>
> http://www.ncleg.net/sessions/2005/bills/house/html/h1024v5.html
>
>> As used in this section, "instant runoff voting" means a system in
>> which voters rank up to three of the candidates by order of
>> preference, first, second, or third. If the candidate with the most
>> first?choice votes receives the threshold of victory of the
>> first?choice votes, that candidate wins. If no candidate receives
>> the threshold of victory of first?choice votes, the two candidates
>> with the greatest number of first?choice votes advance to a second
>> round of counting. In this round, each ballot counts as a vote for
>> whichever of the two final candidates is ranked highest by the
>> voter. The candidate with the most votes in the second round wins
>> the election.
>>
>> The threshold of victory of first?choice votes for a partisan
>> primary shall be forty percent (40%) plus one vote. The threshold of
>> victory for a nonpartisan election and runoff or nonpartisan primary
>> and election shall be a majority of the vote. The threshold of
>> victory in a contest that normally uses nonpartisan plurality shall
>> be determined by the State Board with the concurrence of the county
>> board of elections and the local governing board.
>>
>> If more than one seat is to be filled in the same race, the voter
>> votes the same way as if one seat were to be filled. The counting is
>> the same as when one seat is to be filled, with one or two rounds as
>> needed, except that counting is done separately for each seat to be
>> filled. The first counting results in the first winner. Then the
>> second count proceeds without the name of the first winner. This
>> process results in the second winner. For each additional seat to be
>> filled, an additional count is done without the names of the
>> candidates who have already won.
>
> -- 
> /Jonathan Lundell.
> ----