Michael Bates makes a very good case for Why we need preferential ballots, i.e. "Instant runoff voting (IRV)"
His post was prompted by the results of the Tulsa City Council District 5 special election, but he also described how in Louisiana in 1991, with twelve candidates in the race, disgraced ex-Governor Edwin Edwards received 34%, former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke received 32%, incumbent Governor Buddy Roemer received 27%, and the remaining nine candidates received 7%. The runoff was "between the crook and the Klansman".
Check it out, and see what you think.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Instant runoff voting
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