Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn has this column, suggesting that Illinois would benefit from using Instant-Runoff Voting. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
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Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn has this column, suggesting that Illinois would benefit from using Instant-Runoff Voting. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
Top 2 Open Primary also produces a majority winner.
Top 2 is about protecting Democrats and Republicans. No general election ballot should only have 2 candidates.
P.R. legislative bodies
nonpartisan App.V executive and judicial offices
— pending
some advanced head to head Condorcet math (with an App.V. tiebreaker).
i.e. If A beats B, there can be a C choice which beats both A and B head to head [noted by Condorcet in the 1780s (repeat 1780s) — such is the super slow notice of election reforms.
Which is likely why they’re considering it in Illinois, where I live, probably because they noticed in 2012 that spoiler ads don’t seem to work too well on Greens here. Although they might try and exclude Nancy Wade and Paula Bradshaw from the debates; that worked quite well against Rich Whitney in 2010, unfortunately.
Anyway, I agree, no general election ballot should have only two candidates; our country has more diverse political opinions than that.
It’s a good article that conveys the simple goodness of voter engagement and how possible, desirable that is in election reform. Top-two however–unlike IRV–is voter disengagement.
Call it a runoff then; and call the primary a general election.