None of the above

POSTED BY: Geezer
UPDATED: Friday, October 15, 2004 15:24
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Originally posted by Geezer:
I'm bringing this thread back from the pit due to the attached article. Seems like SF is using one of the alternate voting systems we discussed. Neat.

'Ranked-Choice Voting' Debuts in Calif.
Updated: Friday, Oct. 15, 2004 - 8:23 AM

By LISA LEFF
Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - In a change that could give new meaning to direct democracy, San Franciscans will soon cast ballots listing their first, second and third-place choices for municipal offices under a new "ranked-choice voting" system that would eliminate separate run-off elections.

If no candidate secures a majority of first-place votes outright, the results will be retabulated to include the second and third picks until a winner can be declared _ a process that could take weeks.

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Yeah, we have this system of voting in Northern Ireland already and I do approve of it (we call it Proportional Representation, but I've no idea why!).

Of course, I reckon a major step forward for American elections would be to actually count all the votes before declaring the winner...

I could be wrong (oh, I hope I am ) but my abiding memory of the last Presidential election was the fact that normally, the election seems to be decided by what's reported in the media from exit polls - that one candidate or the other will concede and the other one will be declared the winner, despite the fact that the votes haven't been counted yet...

I know America's a big country and that's a lot of votes, but still... to declare the winner before counting them all... *shudder*


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"I think the right place to start is to say, fair is fair. This is who we are. These are our numbers." Mr Willis of Ohio - The West Wing

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