[EM] piling on against IRV

[Jameson Quinn]

2010/5/9 robert bristow-johnson <rbj at audioimagination.com>

> in comparison, i have seen 3 different TTR elections for City Council in
> Burlington.  none had more than 55% turnout on runoff day (in comparison to
> the number of voters that came on the first election day).  the IRV election
> had 93% of the voters participating in the final round.   93% turnout is a
> lot better turnout than 55%.  every voter that expressed an opinion of at
> least one of the two candidates that made it to that final round
> participated in the actual choice of the elected candidate.


This is a good point. But:

at least 38% fewer voters come to the polls on runoff day and get counted
> with TTR.  that is what our experience is.
>

You mean "on average" or "so far, at least" or something. There's no "at
least" here; in a contentious runoff, it's possible for turnout to increase.

JQ
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