Here is the text for the Washington State IRV initiative that failed to get onto last November's ballot.
Note that the text is somewhat long and complicated, since it has to include IRV implementation details. I suspect that is why they didn't get enough signatures -- voters here tend to distrust long initiatives, whatever simplistic promotional claims are made in the preamble: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/initiatives/text/i318.pdf This could actually be an excellent opportunity for a Condorcet proposal (e.g. DMC). If the both the summary and the actual method can be described more concisely than IRV, the proposal might be more likely to get onto the ballot. For an interesting comparison, see a proposal from Florida. Perhaps the Florida state constitution isn't as stringent about initiative format: http://election.dos.state.fl.us/initiatives/fulltext/38572-1.htm Ted -- araucaria dot araucana at gmail dot com ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
