Holy Cloned Candidates, Batman! For once I wish the fairvote.org folks would step in and make them do IRV and STV right.
As soon as I find the relevant people in North Carolina, I'll have to send them my version - http://bolson.org/voting/law/ ElectionSystemsCode.html On Jul 21, 2006, at 3:40 PM, Jonathan Lundell wrote: > At 3:28 PM -0700 7/21/06, Brian Olson wrote: >> Also, I really hope this is reporter error and they're not actually >> implementing the broken bizarro-IRV described in the article. > > Worse, actually. Check out their multi-seat variation. > > http://www.ncleg.net/sessions/2005/bills/house/html/h1024v5.html > >> As used in this section, "instant runoff voting" means a system in >> which voters rank up to three of the candidates by order of >> preference, first, second, or third. If the candidate with the most >> first?choice votes receives the threshold of victory of the >> first?choice votes, that candidate wins. If no candidate receives >> the threshold of victory of first?choice votes, the two candidates >> with the greatest number of first?choice votes advance to a second >> round of counting. In this round, each ballot counts as a vote for >> whichever of the two final candidates is ranked highest by the >> voter. The candidate with the most votes in the second round wins >> the election. >> >> The threshold of victory of first?choice votes for a partisan >> primary shall be forty percent (40%) plus one vote. The threshold of >> victory for a nonpartisan election and runoff or nonpartisan primary >> and election shall be a majority of the vote. The threshold of >> victory in a contest that normally uses nonpartisan plurality shall >> be determined by the State Board with the concurrence of the county >> board of elections and the local governing board. >> >> If more than one seat is to be filled in the same race, the voter >> votes the same way as if one seat were to be filled. The counting is >> the same as when one seat is to be filled, with one or two rounds as >> needed, except that counting is done separately for each seat to be >> filled. The first counting results in the first winner. Then the >> second count proceeds without the name of the first winner. This >> process results in the second winner. For each additional seat to be >> filled, an additional count is done without the names of the >> candidates who have already won. > > -- > /Jonathan Lundell. > ---- ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
