Comment 50593

By Clay Shentrup (anonymous) | Posted October 27, 2010 at 03:01:24

Approval Voting (the simplest form of Score Voting) is a great alternative.

Unfortunately, Instant Runoff Voting is NOT a real solution. Case in point, the last IRV mayoral race in Burlington, Vermont. A bloc of voters who preferred Republican over Democrat over Progressive could have cause the Democrat to win INSTEAD of the Progressive if they had (insincerely) ranked the Democrat in first place. IRV doesn't end the spoiler effect - it just delays it.

Ralph Nader's former running mate, Matt Gonzalez, gave me the privilege of publishing this essay on the subject to his personal blog. Please give it a look -- I think you'll find it interesting.

http://asitoughttobe.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/score-voting/

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