IRV is in!

07 Nov 2006 By

Instant-runoff voting is going to be handily approved by the citizens of Minneapolis. w00t!

  • http://www.redsugar.com/muse/ Tanya

    Hey, cool. That’s how they do it in Ireland, and I always thought it was neat.

    But in Ireland, they’ll often have, like, three people running for the same party. Do you know if they’re going to do that in MN, or if they’ll still have primaries, so there’ll only be one candidate per party?

  • http://www.swirlspice.com Erica

    I had to go back to the website and check. It mentions the Irish system, but it doesn’t specifically state whether or not that’s the way we’ll do it here.

    I’m thinking we’ll have multiple candidates per party, since the purpose of the primary was to pick one candidate per party and this process is supposed to eliminate primaries.

  • http://www.dustbury.com/backlog/2006/11/voice_your_second_choice.html dustbury.com

    Voice your second choice

    From 2005, Michael Bates explains Instant Runoff Voting: Under IRV, voting is simple. Voters rank the candidates in order: I mark a 1 next to my favorite, then mark a 2 next to the name of the candidate who would…