Can anybody say "Straw Man"? On 21 Jul 2006 17:47:07 -0700, Brian Olson wrote: > > 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 >
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