The Portland Press Herald has this story about the initiative for instant runoff voting. It will almost certainly be on the Maine ballot in November 2016. The signatures will be submitted on October 19.
The Portland Press Herald has this story about the initiative for instant runoff voting. It will almost certainly be on the Maine ballot in November 2016. The signatures will be submitted on October 19.
Very bad idea for democracy because IRV establishes a threshold of 50% (plus one vote) and so even random wins resulting from the split vote problem when using Xs are no loger possible under IRV.