Hi Ted, That's pretty interesting. I think that the direct link to the bill is here: http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/billinfo1/dspBillSummary.cfm?billnumber=1447&year=2005 http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1447.htm It looks to me like it is quite specific to IRV. The title of the bill is "Establishing a pilot project to examine the use of instant runoff voting for nonpartisan offices."
Araucaria Araucana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >http://www.komotv.com/stories/36271.htm >http://www.oregonlive.com/metronorth/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/metro_north_news/1113472928308700.xml >Note the last line of the 2nd link. The reporter ended with the >comment that single-vote is easier to count. That seems to be the >anti-IRV establishment line. >I don't know the specifics of the bill. It apparently sets up a 5 >year study by the office of the sec'y of state on alternative voting >methods in local elections. >IRV currently has more publicity, but if other voting systems are >allowed, this could be an opportunity for a Condorcet-based method. >The web page for the state rep sponsoring the bill is > http://www1.leg.wa.gov/house/moeller >and an email link is provided. > ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info