[EM] The AMS has switched from Ranked Pairs to Instant-Runoff Voting

[Hahn, Paul]

Good lord, why?!  I clicked on all the links but didn’t see any justification for this regressive move, though some of the linked documents are pretty long and I didn’t search through them exhaustively.

--pH

> On Mar 4, 2023, at 4:21 PM, Markus Schulze <markus.schulze8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hallo,
> 
> the Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia Vancouver
> has switched from Tideman's ranked pairs method to instant-runoff voting.
> With around 58,000 members, the AMS was by far the largest and most
> important organization using the ranked pairs method. See:
> 
> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fubyssey.ca%2Fnews%2Fbetween-the-motions-01-26%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cmanynote%40wustl.edu%7C8a3ad464bdb744c1b1a108db1cfea8cf%7C4ccca3b571cd4e6d974b4d9beb96c6d6%7C0%7C0%7C638135652888460664%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=26F17ymGZq3BKuSZlmGKD5IQXYwliQvdouiivrN%2Fn%2FA%3D&reserved=0
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> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ams.ubc.ca%2Fnews%2Fcouncil-summary-february-1-2023%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cmanynote%40wustl.edu%7C8a3ad464bdb744c1b1a108db1cfea8cf%7C4ccca3b571cd4e6d974b4d9beb96c6d6%7C0%7C0%7C638135652888460664%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=xOmDvj%2FVi%2FxmV4ChObXKa8K1Y08oLo1x7HzDgyaW8D4%3D&reserved=0
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> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ams.ubc.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F02%2FCODE-CHANGES-2023-Miscellaneous-Election-Changes.pdf&data=05%7C01%7Cmanynote%40wustl.edu%7C8a3ad464bdb744c1b1a108db1cfea8cf%7C4ccca3b571cd4e6d974b4d9beb96c6d6%7C0%7C0%7C638135652888460664%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tprlMgpx72feUIUWsGSosZn19aK8GqpTH6b0k8L5tCg%3D&reserved=0
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> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ams.ubc.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F02%2FCODE-CHANGES-2023-Instant-Run-Off-Code-Change-1.pdf&data=05%7C01%7Cmanynote%40wustl.edu%7C8a3ad464bdb744c1b1a108db1cfea8cf%7C4ccca3b571cd4e6d974b4d9beb96c6d6%7C0%7C0%7C638135652888460664%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=KqvnnMOZW7SDJ4qQEtFHX%2F9K3ek8DaEMecG9VZlf29s%3D&reserved=0
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> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ams.ubc.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F02%2FCode-as-of-February-14-2023.pdf&data=05%7C01%7Cmanynote%40wustl.edu%7C8a3ad464bdb744c1b1a108db1cfea8cf%7C4ccca3b571cd4e6d974b4d9beb96c6d6%7C0%7C0%7C638135652888460664%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VKoFlBBZqWplw%2BKm%2FaEzk66H6M3eSYBCn4FKhEX%2FT4g%3D&reserved=0
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> Markus Schulze
> 
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