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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I should add a question to the post below: Is IRV
in San Francisco and other places used to replace primaries+general election or
is it used only for general elections while primaries take place at some other
time earlier?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are several IRV experts on the list. I am
sure you are aware of its practical use, too.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>'d like to know,
how many candidates are usually offered by the same party in IRV? Only one? Two
or more? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>IRV is used in San Francisco and some other places.
Since US has two-party system, offering only one candidate per party makes the
total of two candidates. If there are two candidates, there is no difference
between FPTP and IRV, right?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone know of any empirical study of
practical use of IRV? Any comment is welcome.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jurij</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>