[EM] just to let you know ...

[Terry Bouricius]

The key fact to understand about the situation in Burlington, is that the 
proposal for the repeal of IRV would replace it with a plurality system. A 
candidate could win with 40% of the vote. If no candidate reaches 40% 
there would be a runoff election.

Robert Bristow-Johnson and I did a little poking around to see if we could 
spark any interest in Condorcet as a better way to go, but the folks 
pushing for repeal of IRV are mainly Republicans who believe that a 40% 
plurality rule is their best chance of winning the mayor's office, and 
have no interest in principles of majority, let alone Condorcet winners.

Terry Bouricius

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robert bristow-johnson" <rbj at audioimagination.com>
To: "EM" <election-methods at lists.electorama.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:28 PM
Subject: [EM] just to let you know ...



... that the anti-IRV folks in Burlington Vermont have now officially
submitted more than sufficient number of signatures to put an IRV
repeal question on the Town Meeting ballot this coming March.

Both sparks and a little bit of fecal matter is gonna fly in all
directions now.  One of blogs is at http://7d.blogs.com/blurt/2009/12/
burlington-residents-seek-repeal-of-instant-runoff-voting.html .

Whereas the discussion here is largely academic, in the town of my
residence, it's gonna get real.

Feel free to jump in (hopefully with pertinent facts) even if you're
outa town.

--

r b-j                  rbj at audioimagination.com

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."




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