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

[Markus Schulze]

Hallo,

Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote (10 March 2023):

 > So the story seems to be that tht elections committee
 > replaced the Condorcet language with IRV language,
 > made various other changes, and the whole thing got
 > passed in one go. But this just pushes the question
 > back to: why did the Elections Committee remove Ranked
 > Pairs? The documents don't seem to answer this question.

The following explanation is now given:

 > We decided to switch because Condorcet can give you no
 > result: nobody would win. Instant Runoff is preferred
 > by most who use a ranked system. It's much easier to
 > read the results with Instant Runoff.

https://www.ams.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Council-Minutes-February-1-2023-Redacted.pdf

Markus Schulze