Well, that's sad. Even with a sorta narrow victory the anti-IRVers
will swagger down Church Street like they own the place. We will now
all accept that God instituted the "traditional ballot" for use
forever and that a 40% Plurality is a "winner".
It would have been optimum if IRV survived this vote by a narrow margin.
It's sad that when FairVote introduced and promoted the ranked ballot
that, from square 1, they always coupled it to the IRV tabulation of
votes. When enough disasters (at least anomalies) happen like in
Burlington or Aspen, some backlash, both ignorant and enlightened, is
bound to happen.
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r b-j [email protected]
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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