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An Analysis of Various Election Methods

Posted by michael on from the anything-would-be-a-step-forward dept.

An anonymous reader writes "David Cobb talked about Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) as the best choice in electoral methods in his interview here, but is it really? The folks over at electionmethods.org seem to think it isn't. They favor Condorcet voting, which is another ranking style method using simulated one on one elections. Here is an evaluation of various methods, including IRV and Condorcet."

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  1. wow... by Emugamer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    friday late night and after coming back in, I stupidly check my email and slashdot and bam something about Condorcet Criterion ... can we repost this on monday morning when my brain is working again? really I won't be mad if its a repost

  2. Ugly website by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Seriously, this is one of the UGLIEST sites I've ever seen.

    well, this comes in second

  3. !!!!! TROLL ALLERT !!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MODERATORS: PLEASE MOD THIS KNOWN ANTI-U.S. TROLL DOWN! THANK YOU. Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted! Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.