[EM] Legacy IRV limitations

[Greg Dennis]

>
>  >>   Ranked choice voting software must be backwards compatible with
>  >>   prior elections in Australia.
>  > I do not know the source of this claim and have never heard or read
>  > anyone from FairVote state this. If you have a source, I'd be glad to
>  > read it.


> Here's the wording that was adopted for Portand (Oregon) using ranked
> choice voting:


> https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/Record/16114624/File/Document


The word Australia doesn't appear anywhere in that document. Whatever the
rationale for using that treatment of overvotes, there is no evidence that
backwards-compatibility with Australia elections was a factor.

- Greg
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