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Never heard of it? Then see this short video I first viewed on Nicky Cheese and that was picked up and discussed on Pragmatically Political for an easy to understand explanation of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) aka Instant Runoff Voting (IRV).
In essence, the method allows voters to rank their candidates in order of preference and thus eliminates the “spoiler” argument against voting for third party candidates. (You’ll see how it works when you watch the video.) I love the idea but don’t know enough about it to know what possible negatives might be. Research, discuss, and then comment.
UPDATE: See this website for a few editorials on this subject (on the right sidebar) as well as gobs of other information on various electoral stuff. (Thank you, Sharon!)
3 Responses to “Ranked Choice Voting”
July 24th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
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Thanks for enlightening me on what looks like a fair way to vote. The video makes it clear as to how it works.
The Fair Vote website, http://www.fairvote.org/ provides some progress in several states that have or are trying to adopt this voting method.
Don’t forget early voting for the Clark County, Nevada primary starts this Saturday 7/26 at several polling locations.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
At first glance this looks like a wonderful solution. I’m going to think about it.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Love your blog! Very fun and interesting to read.
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