Instant runoff voting is the only alternative to existing plurality voting that fails more of Arrow’s Fairness criteria because it is nonmonotonic (removes the right to cast a vote that increases a candidate’s chance to win) and does *not* solve the spoiler problem. IRV also removes voters’ rights to participate in the final decision round and eliminates the right to have their votes counted equally with other voters’. Only some voters have their 2nd choices counted when their 1st choice loses. IRV tends to eliminate majority favorite candidates and elect extreme right or left candidates due to letting voters of the least favorite candidates have the most say. Learn how IRV *really* works at http://electionmathematics.org/ and oppose it strongly.
Archive for February, 2010
Instant runoff voting – far worse than plurality
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Educational films on instant runoff voting (IRV)
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010The Burlington, VT IRV Debate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJFl9EbBULQ
IRV Debate Question – Disenfranchisement – VT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15KUs-6YbcU
Instant Runoff Voting – St. Paul Debate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScIE_BttIu8&feature=channel
Restricting Voters to Ranking 3 Candidates
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO4ulbACl0w
Instant Runoff Voting – An Informative Visual Tutorial – IRV – RCV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZGTnp3cgFY&feature=related
Instant Runoff Voting – Every Vote Counts!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOwDyGCaOFM&feature=related
Instant Runoff Voting – False Majorities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJgK_GHM0_U&feature=related
Instant Runoff Voting – The Case of the Missing Ballots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z3zi6hQ9OI&feature=related
Is Instant Runoff Voting Fair?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAwW_oH3mn8&feature=channel
Instant Runoff Voting – Voting Civil Rights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvwXzQyGgQM&feature=channel
Instant Runoff Voting – Mayor of San Francisco Wants to Get Rid of It!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUQzGTvnKIY&feature=channel
Instant Runoff Voting – Vote Your Conscience
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg3LJLlcj68&feature=channel
Instant Runoff Voting – A Mayoral Election Example
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEkrFkqIHHI&feature=channel
Instant Runoff Voting – Is it Democratic? An analysis of the Burlington, VT election.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=img9y2AYTQA&feature=channel
WEB SITES WITH MORE INFO ON IRV
An informative web site for information on Instant Runoff Voting.
http://www.instantrunoffvoting.us
The Burlington 2009 mayor election was done with IRV and we have the full set of ballots. The Burlington IRV election exhibited practically every pathology in the book, including non-monotonicity Report is posted here:
http://rangevoting.org/Burlington.html
Realities Mar Instant Runoff Voting – 18 Flaws and 4 Benefits
http://electionmathematics.org/ucvAnalysis/US/RCV-IRV/InstantRunoffVotingFlaws.pdf
I urge you strongly to protect the fairness and integrity of elections by opposing the adoption of the instant runoff voting method for counting rank choice ballots.
Cheers,
Kathy Dopp