John E. Palmer has this op-ed advocating that Maine voters pass the statewide initiative for instant runoff voting. It is in the Portland Press-Herald, the state’s largest newspaper.
John E. Palmer has this op-ed advocating that Maine voters pass the statewide initiative for instant runoff voting. It is in the Portland Press-Herald, the state’s largest newspaper.
The Daily Oklahoman ran this op-ed by Andrew Douglas of Fairvote in favor of IRV:
http://newsok.com/fairvote-policy-analyst-time-to-change-oklahomas-primary-system/article/5514419
Would IRV cover presidential elections too?
The Maine initiative excludes presidential elections. But if it passes, there is no reason it couldn’t be expanded in the future to cover president.
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.