1) Did the ballot only allow each voter to give the top three choices? I suspect that restriction would significantly decrease the effectiveness of IRV.
2) I suspect the root cause of the crappy election software used is gullible non-technical election clerks making purchasing decisions. As a software engineer, I would require a code review before purchasing software for something as fault-intolerant as voting systems or nuclear power plant control. -wjs On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Toplak Jurij wrote: > I am forwarding this from the Ed Still's newsletter: > San Francisco -- complete results from Instant Runoff Voting > The San Francisco Chronicle reportsL The new voting system, also known as > instant runoff voting, was adopted by voters in 2002 and put into use for the > first time in Tuesday's election, but it got bogged down Wednesday when the > computer program written to tabulate votes choked on the unanticipated large > number of ballots. > For the remainder of the story, go to > http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/002749.html > > > To read these and earlier stories in full, go to http://www.votelaw.com/blog. > /-----------------------------------------\ | Warren Schudy | | WPI Class of 2005 | | Physics and computer science major | | AIM: WJSchudy email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://users.wpi.edu/~wschudy/ | \-----------------------------------------/ ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
