On Mar 24, 2010, at 4:42 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
robert bristow-johnson wrote:
On Mar 23, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Terry Bouricius wrote:
[...]
Since the bill, as passed, actually
used a top-two contingent system (only the top two initial
candidates
would advance), the tally would be relatively easy.
so the regional venues would report 1st-choice tallies and *wait*
for the central counting venue to indicate who the top two vote
getters are? then the regional venues do a pairwize tally between
the two? is that how it would be done? that's possible, but it
requires a two-way communication and a deferred counting action
later in the evening of Election Day.
A top-two contingent system is actually summable. First, count
Plurality. Second, count the pairwise matrix.
yeah, you're right. Plurality and Condorcet are both precinct
summable and 2R IRV can be constructed out of the two. it was
obvious, but i hadn't been thinking of that.
sorry, Terry. other than the normal issue i have with either 2 Round
Delayed or Instant Runoff (the two candidates advanced to the runoff
might not include the Majority Winner), then this isn't such a mess
for a statewide race.
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