[EM] "IRV" in the news

[Monkey Puzzle]

Can anybody say "Straw Man"?

On 21 Jul 2006 17:47:07 -0700, Brian Olson wrote:
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> 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:
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>> 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.
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