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Instant-runoff voting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Instant Runoff Voting as an ideal does not explicitly define how to handle special cases such as ties and different rules can be considered. This "3rd party" spoiler effect of runoffs is unavoidable within a "one person, one vote" system, and it can be argued as beneficial because it encourages like-minded voters and candidates to cooperate before the election to maximizes the chances for their success. In a runoff, a major political interest may fracture into a variety of parties, and its vote so splits in the first ballot that all those parties candidates are eliminated in the first ballot. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Instant-runoff_voting   (3907 words)

Voting system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Votes are transferred between candidates in a manner similar to instant runoff voting, but in addition to transferring votes from candidates who are eliminated, votes are also transferred from candidates who already have a quota. Runoff methods hold multiple rounds of plurality voting to ensure that the winner is elected by a majority. Top-two runoff voting, the second most common method used in elections, holds a runoff election between the top two options if there is no majority. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Voting_system   (3839 words)

Instant Runoff Voting Instant Runoff Voting is a system that guarantees the winning candidate has a majority of the votes (instead of a plurality) and eliminates the "wasted vote syndrome" caused by third party candidates. Instant runoff voting was invented by an American, W. Ware, a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, around 1870. It allows voters to rank the candidates by preference on a single ballot (first, second, third choice, etc.), so it can simulate an "instant" runoff election if no candidate has a majority of the votes. www.instantrunoff.com /faq.asp   (553 words)

Instant runoff voting - dKosopedia Instant Runoff Voting goes by the term "Preferential Voting" in Australia, where it is widely used. Some people call instant runoff voting a form of proportional representation because in some instances it reduces the bias against third parties found in the traditional voting system, known as the spoiler effect. Instant Runoff Voting has electors rank their preferred candidates from highest to lowest. www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Instant_runoff_voting   (370 words)

Green Party of the United States Instant runoff voting allows all voters to vote for their favorite candidate without fear of helping elect their least favorite candidate, and it ensures that the winner enjoys true support from a majority of the voters. Instant runoff voting is a winner-take-all system that ensures that a winning candidate will receive a majority of votes rather than a simple plurality. Instant runoff voting allows for better voter choice and wider voter participation by accommodating multiple candidates in single seat races and assuring that a "spoiler"-effect will not result in undemocratic outcomes. www.democracyinaction.org /dia/organizations/Greens/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=161   (626 words)

Talk:Instant-runoff voting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Instant Runoff Voting" is a good name to use in the US for a voting system known elsewhere by other names because it emphasises the key difference between it and one system it is trying to replace. There was an instant runoff between the moderate conservative Jacques Chirac and even more right-wing Jean-Marie Le Pen which ended in Chirac winning 80% of the vote. This is not how the rest of the world uses the term instant runoff voting. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Instant-runoff_voting   (11149 words)

ZNet Labor Instant Runoff Voting in Alaska Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), also known as preferential voting, is a method of voting that allows voters to rank up to five candidates in order of preference. Instant runoff voting may restore some of the choice that the Alaskans I spoke to felt they lost with the closing of your primary system. The goal of instant runoff voting is the same as these runoff elections: ensuring majority winners -- and to accomplish this goal in one election, rather than in two elections. www.zmag.org /content/print_article.cfm?itemID=2249§ionID=19   (1876 words)

Instant runoff bill gets panel hearing -The Olympian Vancouver voters adopted instant runoff voting as a charter amendment in 1999, but it was not implemented because officials had doubts about whether state law allowed elections to be held without primaries, Moeller said. The instant runoff voting method works by allowing voters to rank candidates in preferential order instead of voting for just one. - Instant runoff voting is an election method in which voters rank the candidates instead of voting for just one. www.theolympian.com /home/specialsections/Legislature/20040127/22882.shtml   (407 words)

Instant Runoff voting Instant Runoff Voting is used to elect the mayor of London, the president of Ireland, and the Australian House of Representatives. If no one receives a majority, the last place candidate is eliminated and the instant runoff begins. Because in each runoff tally every voters ballot is counted for the candidate they most prefer among those still in the race, the winner is always the candidate preferred by the true majority. www.opednews.com /sheahen003_Instant_runoff_voting.htm   (680 words)

Opinion: Instant runoff is still possible A technically successful instant runoff next year would also obviate the ensuing dispute about what to do with the election process in 2004 and beyond, when the new law presumes the return of the traditional second primary. It is too late to try to return a separate runoff to next year's election schedule, but not too late for an instant runoff. The instant runoff would also be a clear disincentive to negative campaigning. www.sptimes.com /News/091701/Opinion/Instant_runoff_is_sti.shtml   (578 words)

What Is Instant Runoff Voting (IRV)? INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING is explained in detail at the Instantrunoff.com website, along with a flash presentation of how it works and other information. That's why Instant Runoff Voting has enjoyed support throughout Ferndale and the surrounding community, from members of many major political parties, as well as from national figures such as Senator John McCain, former Governor and presidential candidate Howard Dean, and Congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich. INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING (IRV) is a full choice method of voting that can remedy these problems, making our elections more fair, effective, and positive. www.firv.org /whatisirv.html   (571 words)

AlterNet: Major Victory for Voting Reform Instant runoff voting advocates in states like Alaska, Florida, New Mexico and Washington are poised to capitalize on the San Francisco victory and the clear message from Vermont's towns. Instant runoff voting would have promoted coalition-building in a single round of voting, rather than the charged politics of a one-on-one runoff election. Instant runoff voting has the potential to crack open electoral politics to new voices and better choices. www.alternet.org /story.html?StoryID=12568   (1036 words)

Instant Runoff Voting Under plurality rule and majority rules such as runoff and instant runoff, a conservative candidate knows she has no chance of winning traditionally liberal voters, gays for example. In the Korean example, ballots for the weaker liberal could have transferred to elect the stronger one under Instant Runoff Voting. One way to avoid splitting groups of voters, called Instant Runoff Voting or IRV, has been used in Australia's national elections since 1919. accuratedemocracy.com /c_irv.htm   (1365 words)

Instant Runoff Austin Instant Runoff Austin is the home of the grassroots movement to bring instant runoff (or "ranked choice") voting to Austin, TX and beyond. Instant Runoff Austin is proud to be the newest contributor to the Democracy Advocates Network blog. Instant Runoff Austin will hold a brief brainstorming meeting this Saturday, December 18th, at Quack's in Hyde Park at 2:30pm. instantrunoffaustin.blogspot.com   (730 words)

FERNDALE, MI VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY PASS PROPOSAL B TO AUTHORIZE INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING (IRV) Instant Runoff Voting is a simple to use, full-choice voting system whereby, when three or more candidates run for a single seat, voters are allowed to rank the candidates 1-2-3, etc. rather than simply choose their one favorite candidate. Instant Runoff Voting has also been widely endorsed nationally by leading figures such as Democrats Howard Dean and Dennis Kucinich, Republican John McCain, organizations such as the California, Washington and Vermont League of Women Voters, and media outlets such as USA Today. In addition to being considered in cities and states across the country, H.R., recently introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., would require states to conduct general elections for Federal office using an instant runoff voting system. www.firv.org /pressreleases/propbpasses110204.html   (823 words)

'Instant runoff' initiative pushed - Instant runoff voting was the brainchild of an MIT professor in the late 19th century and was first used in Australia and later in Ireland. Instant runoff voting, on the other hand, avoids all of these problems and produces a winner by majority vote quickly and surely, using available technology. Or, in the case of instant runoff voting, more choices. www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/711641/posts   (1730 words)

Lay of the Land - January/February 2001 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club Instant runoff, he says, would also save third parties from their spoiler role of benefiting the majority party that they have least in common with. Shifting to instant runoff could be accomplished by state legislatures or by popular referendum. In last November's election, instant runoff would have worked like this in New Hampshire, for example: Gore received 47 percent of the vote, Bush 48, Nader 4, and three minor candidates the other 1. www.sierraclub.org /sierra/200101/lol2.asp   (540 words)

Instant Runoff Voting Primer FairVote Minnesota Instant Runoff Voting would assure that the principle of majority rule is upheld in Minnesota elections. The term "Instant Runoff Voting" was coined because the method of transferring votes from defeated candidates to continuing candidates is just like a runoff election except that it is accomplished on one ballot. Local government adoption of Instant Runoff Voting could serve as a laboratory for the rest of the state to observe and learn from. www.fairvotemn.org /resources/tools/irvprimer_11142002.html   (904 words)

Instant Runoff Voting Instant runoff is designed to address several of the problems of our current system of plurality voting, where the winning candidate is simply the one that gets the most votes. In addition, using instant runoff voting to eliminate spoilers and ‘fix’ some of the problems of plurality elections could give politicians an excuse for not considering other reforms such as proportional representation. It was Ralph Nader’s role as a spoiler in the 2000 presidential elections that sparked much of the growing interest in instant runoff voting. www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/polit/damy/articles/irv.htm   (1832 words)

Citizens for Instant Runoff Voting - Tacoma Instant runoff voting or IRV is a system of voting whereby voters have the ability to rate candidates (1-2-3) in the order of their preference. Citizens for Instant Runoff Voting Tacoma (CIRV Tacoma) is a grassroots civic organization seeking to amend the Charter of the City of Tacoma to allow for the use of instant runoff voting in Tacoma’s City elections. Two proposals from grassroots organizations were considered by the committee: one concerning the change to a strong-mayor form of government, and the other for the use of Instant Runoff Voting for city elections. www.cirvtacoma.org   (592 words)

March 2004 Ballot Measure: I - Charter Amendment - Instant Runoff Voting Once instant runoff voting is instituted, the council may not suspend it unless the council finds, based upon changed circumstances and articulated bases, that one or more of the findings originally required to establish instant runoff voting are no longer valid. Once the council institutes a system of instant runoff voting, future elections shall be conducted as instant runoff voting elections, unless the council finds that circumstances have changed such that one or more of the prior council findings required by this section are no longer valid. For purposes of this charter “instant runoff voting” shall refer to a voting system which, in a single election, determines the candidate supported by the voters. www.ci.berkeley.ca.us /elections/measures/2004/march/Iirv.htm   (1833 words)

Coalition for Instant Runoff Voting - Why IRV Instant Runoff Voting is already in use in Ireland, Australia, San Francisco and London (for their mayoral race.) However, election turnouts for Australia would not produce comparative data because voting in Australia is compulsory. The League of Women Voters in Vermont, in California, and in Washington have all studied and endorsed Instant Runoff Voting. With Instant Runoff Voting, it doesn't matter how many run. www.cirv.org /whyirv.htm   (733 words)

Washington Free Press - #70 July/August 2004 Instant Runoff Voting has been explored by the Washington State Legislature and they know what the merits of it are. Supporters of Instant Runoff Voting I-318 are trying to change that and show that IRV I-318 voters are clearly the winners. For a more in-depth overview of Instant Runoff Voting I-318, to sign in to help and to see how it compares to other voting methods being proposed to solve the voting method dilemma please visit the IRV I-318 website at www.IRVWA.org or call Toll free 1-866-IRVWAORG. www.washingtonfreepress.org /70/instantRunoff.htm   (929 words)

Instant Runoff Voting Instant Runoff Voting is an election reform that is timely and can be instituted in our state and in all local elections. The president of Ireland, the Australian legislature and the mayor of London are all elected with Instant Runoff Voting. During this runoff, the candidate with the fewest 1st choices is eliminated and the 2nd choice of those voter's ballots is counted (added to the remaining candidates). www.democracymeansyou.com /serious/7-28-03-IRV.htm   (698 words)

Relating to elections; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 246.560, 249.088, 254.005, 254.065, 254.145, 254.575, 258. If a county or city has authorized an instant runoff voting system under section 3 of this 2005 Act, the county clerk shall use ballots designed by the secretary in any county or city election in which the instant runoff voting system is used. Allows county or city to adopt instant runoff voting system for nomination or election of candidates to county or city office. { + (2) When one person is to be nominated for or elected to a county or city office using an instant runoff voting system described in section 4 of this 2005 Act, the person receiving the highest number of votes as provided in section 4 of this 2005 Act is nominated or elected. www.leg.state.or.us /05reg/measures/hb2600.dir/hb2638.intro.html   (2855 words)

Instant Runoff Voting - Vermont Instant Runoff Voting means that you rank the candidates in order according to your preference -- 1, 2, 3 and so on. Instant runoff voting would almost certainly be found constitutional by the Vermont Supreme Court. With Instant Runoff Voting we will always know the will of the majority of Vermont Voters and we will eliminate the problems associated with winning office on a plurality. www.fairvotevermont.org   (587 words)

Instant Runoff Voting According to a CVD pamphlet, Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) is used to elect the Australian lower house, the President of the Republic of Ireland, the Mayor of London, and the Cambridge, Mass. Under Instant Runoff Voting (IRV, aka Australian ballot, aka Alternative Vote), the Alliance candidate is eliminated, but the centrist voters who supported it may then determine the outcome of the contest between Labour and Conservative. With Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), there are single-seat districts, as with Single Member Plurality (SMP), but the voters rank their preferences in order (1,2,3,4,5). www.ghg.net /redflame/irv.htm   (5971 words)

Flawed Argument Against Instant Runoff Voting Instant Runoff Voting is a superior voting system compared to the one currently in use in the United States. Under IRV, there would be an instant runoff since no candidate has a majority. But this would not have been the case had Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) been in place. www.progress.org /2003/altman06.htm   (1057 words)

Instant Runoff Mock Vote Instant Runoff Voting is a system that allows each voter to cast 3 votes per office. Notice that with instant runoff, voters can vote their conscience without worrying about implicitly aiding a candidate they dislike. Under a majority, instant runoff system, no candidate would immediately be deemed the winner. www.bitmechanic.com /vote   (374 words)

Instant-runoff voting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia IRV may be less expensive than runoff voting because it is only necessary for voters to go to the polls once. However all forms of runoff voting differ from IRV in that voters can change their preferences as they go along, using the results of each round to influence their decision. Runoff voting differs from IRV in a number of ways. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Instant-runoff_voting   (3863 words)

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