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<DIV>In a message dated 14/03/2006 08:55:40 GMT Standard Time, Brian
Olson writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Perhaps
the biggest problem in implementing IRV on a state-wide basis <BR>has to
do with the computation and data requirements of IRV. IRV <BR>requires
that all the ballot data be collected in one place at one <BR>time and
processed together. You can't just have precincts report <BR>their
partial sums, they have to report the full contents of each <BR>ballot.
IRV becomes awkward in hand-count situations, it really works <BR>better
on computer. There are still clever ways to do it by hand with
<BR>paper, see
http://bolson.org/voting/manual.html#IRV<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>This is nonsense. IRV has been used for the Australian House of
Representatives for over 80 years. If an IRV election could be successfully
counted by hand in some of the very large and extremely sparsely populated
districts that existed in Australia 80 years ago, with the communication
technology that existed 80 years ago, there is no reason why it could not be
done in America today.</DIV>
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<DIV>David Gamble</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>