On January 25, six Vermont State Senators introduced SB 32, which requires that presidential primaries use ranked choice voting. Thanks to William Kolb for this news. Here is the text of the bill.
On January 25, six Vermont State Senators introduced SB 32, which requires that presidential primaries use ranked choice voting. Thanks to William Kolb for this news. Here is the text of the bill.
RCV – FATAL Stalin / Hitler / Washington example.
34 SWH
33 HWS
16 WSH
16 WHS
99
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Condorcet = RCV done right.
65 W > 34 S
66 W > 33 H
IMO, approval voting would be better in Presidential primaries.
In any case, each qualified party ought to be able to choose among plurality, approval or ranked choice voting in its own primary.
How would this affect delegate allocation? In the Democratic Party, any candidate with over 15% of the vote gets a proportion of delegates. If IRV reallocates votes to reach a majority winner, what happens to the 15% vote threshold?
Duh, I don’t have a “male Hobbit”.
Nick asks:
“How would this affect delegate allocation?”
I think that would depend on party rules. It doesn’t have to be winner take all RCV. There could be a threshold of votes needed to win any delegates, and the delegates could be proportioned based on the relative percentages of votes for those candidates who get to the threshold, after transfers
In any event, I think proportioning delegates would be easier if approval voting, rather than RCV, were used, which is one reason I would prefer approval voting in Presidential primaries.
NOOO ROTTED EXTREMIST PARTY HACK CAUCUSES, PRIMARIES AND CONVENTIONS FOR OFFICE NOMINATIONS.
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EQUAL BALLOT ACCESS LAWS – NOM PETS/FEES
ONE ELECTION DAY
PR
APPV
TOTSOP