On August 18, the California Assembly passed SB 1288, letting all cities and counties use instant runoff voting for elections for their own officers. The vote was 48-26. The bill must now return to the State Senate, because the Assembly had amended the bill slightly. Six Democrats in the Assembly voted “no”; five Republicans voted “yes.” In the past, Republicans in the California legislature had been uniformly hostile to IRV, so the support from a few Republican legislators is a surprise.
Under current law, only charter cities and charter counties can use IRV. Thanks to Steve Chessin for this news.
IRV IGNORES most of the data in a Number Votes Table —
The Middle is divided as usual.
34 AMZ
33 ZMA
16 MAZ
16 MZA
99
With IRV, M loses, A beats Z 50 to 49.
Number Votes Table
— 1 — 2 — 3 — Total (T)
A 34 — 16 — 49 — 99
M 32 — 67 — 0 — 99
Z 33 — 16 — 50 — 99
T 99 — 99 — 99
The IRV FANATIC math M-O-R-O-N-S love to ignore the 67 votes for M in second place
— i.e. M is the compromise *middle* choice.
I.E. IRV W-I-L-L elect even more extremists who WILL claim a mighty mandate from Hell to do whatever.
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Remedies – P.R. (legislative bodies) and NONPARTISAN Approval Voting (elected executive officers and all judges).
— pending Number Votes with Head to Head (Condorcet) math and an App.V. or added place votes tiebreaker.