November 22, 2004
Instant Runoff Austin?
By Byron LaMasters
I generally support the idea of instant runoff voting. It's a good way of allowing third parties (or alternative voices in the case of city elections) into the political process without being a spoiler. Also, it would avoid the need (and the cost) of runoff elections. So check out Instant Runoff Austin. Via Sarah.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at November 22, 2004 02:48 PM
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Take a look at what happened in 'Frisco before you get too hot and heavy over this idea.
Instant Runoff is okay but it's generally supported by people without a strong consideration of alternative ranked-choice balloting procedures such as Borda Count or Cordorcet Voting. See http://www.electionmethods.org/ and http://www.electionmethods.org/IRVproblems.htm
