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

[Kristofer Munsterhjelm]

On 3/5/23 01:41, Hahn, Paul wrote:
> 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.

I don't know; maybe we have to ask Max. He seems to be here:

https://www.facebook.com/max.holmes.56/ and
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/maximillian-holmes-2b9223132/

There might also be something buried in the minutes here, although I 
really don't fancy trawling through all the documents:

https://www.ams.ubc.ca/about-us/student-council/agendas-presentations-minutes/

But at least there's one good thing about this being brought to our 
attention - since the AMS used Ranked Pairs earlier, its earlier code of 
procedures document gives a good example of legislative language for 
implementing the Ranked Pairs method:

https://www.ams.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AMS-Code-Section-Nine-Dec-8-2020.pdf

which may be of interest to anyone who wants to propose Ranked Pairs as 
a practical election method in his organization or city.

The Ranked Pairs description starts at PDF page 24 (document page 98), 
after some general ranked ballot instructions on the page before it.

-km