Apologies for the double post and my logic error of stating that the IRV proponents with the help of ES&S found a way to make IRV precinct-summable when of course they only found a way to count one of the easiest possible IRV rounds (one with only two candidates continuing in the contest) using today's optical scanners using an incredibly ugly method that anyone would have to be insane to try using.
Here is my revised post on this topic: http://kathydopp.com/serendipity/index.php?/archives/41-IRV-proponents-figure-out-how-to-count-IRV-with-todays-precinct-opti-scanners-for-restricted-case.html It is entertaining IMO. And at least I detected my own logic error before anyone had to point it out to me, as I'm sure someone on this list would have. Cheers, Kathy ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
