Beyond instant runoff: A better way to conduct multi-candidate elections
- Written by Christoph Borgers, Professor of Mathematics, Tufts University
A vote is cast in New Hampshire 2012 primary. AP Photo/Matt RourkeLast November, Maine voters approved, by a slim majority, a ballot initiative to adopt a voting system called “instant runoff.”
This system has been proposed as an alternative to our traditional election method – called “plurality voting” – by...
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