<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"> >>   Ranked choice voting software must be backwards compatible with<br></span><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"> >>   prior elections in Australia.<br></span><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"> > I do not know the source of this claim and have never heard or read<br></span><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"> > anyone from FairVote state this. If you have a source, I'd be glad to<br></span><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"> > read it.</span></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br></span>Here's the wording that was adopted for Portand (Oregon) using ranked<br>choice voting:</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br><a href="https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/Record/16114624/File/Document" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/Record/16114624/File/Document</a></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>The word Australia doesn't appear anywhere in that document. Whatever the rationale for using that treatment of overvotes, there is no evidence that backwards-compatibility with Australia elections was a factor.</div><div><br></div><div>- Greg</div></div>