2010/5/9 robert bristow-johnson <[email protected]> > in comparison, i have seen 3 different TTR elections for City Council in > Burlington. none had more than 55% turnout on runoff day (in comparison to > the number of voters that came on the first election day). the IRV election > had 93% of the voters participating in the final round. 93% turnout is a > lot better turnout than 55%. every voter that expressed an opinion of at > least one of the two candidates that made it to that final round > participated in the actual choice of the elected candidate.
This is a good point. But: at least 38% fewer voters come to the polls on runoff day and get counted > with TTR. that is what our experience is. > You mean "on average" or "so far, at least" or something. There's no "at least" here; in a contentious runoff, it's possible for turnout to increase. JQ
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