Re: [EM] Real IRV Election, Disputable Result

[Dgamble997]

In a message dated 14/03/2006 08:55:40 GMT Standard Time, Brian Olson writes: Perhaps the biggest problem in implementing IRV on a state-wide basis  has to do with the computation and data requirements of IRV. IRV  requires that all the ballot data be collected in one place at one  time and processed together. You can't just have precincts report  their partial sums, they have to report the full contents of each  ballot. IRV becomes awkward in hand-count situations, it really works  better on computer. There are still clever ways to do it by hand with  paper, see  http://bolson.org/voting/manual.html#IRV This is nonsense. IRV has been used for the Australian House of Representatives for over 80 years. If an IRV election could be successfully counted by hand in some of the very large and extremely sparsely populated districts that existed in Australia 80 years ago, with the communication technology that existed 80 years ago, there is no reason why it could not be done in America today.   David Gamble

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