[EM] Multiple rounds of voting

[Peter Zbornik]

Dear all,

I shortened the part on multiple rounds of voting after someone opted to
remove the section entirely.
To me multiple rounds is an important issue, as they might improve the
election result and ease the transition to better election methods as
explained in my previous mails (will resend the emails upon request, in case
they got lost in the email flood).

The text on multiple rounds is now as follows, which I think or at least
hope is uncontroversal.

It wasnt very difficult to shorten the multiple round section by half, maybe
a similar razor-like approach could be used in the other parts of the text
to trim the text.

Multiple rounds of voting
Good voting systems can reduce the need for primaries and runoffs, or give
even-better results when combined with such extra rounds.

Current elections commonly use multiple rounds of voting. This includes both
“primary elections” to narrow the field before the main vote, and
second-round “runoff elections” to ensure a majority if one is not obtained
in the main first round.

Some of us believe that improved voting methods mean that only one round of
voting is needed. Others of us still believe that multiple rounds can still
usefully serve to focus attention and might improve the outcome of the
election.

When choosing which candidates deserve to progress to a runoff election, we
do not offer specific recommendations for interpreting results – beyond
obviously including the most popular candidate. There are various
possibilities for how to choose the second, third, and additional
candidates.

Best regards
Peter Zbornik
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