On 16 Apr 2005 at 20:04 UTC-0700, James Green-Armytage wrote:
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."
I sent a message to the legislator. He said it took him 6 years to get this small little bill passed so that Vancouver, Washington's charter amendment (of 1998? 99?) would become legal, and he was tired of attempting to get the rest of the house to understand what he wanted to do. He wished me luck with alternatives.
Ted,
Thanks for this little dose of reality. I see that this bill simply sets up a *study* of *IRV* for *non-partisan* offices, and it took six years to get this far (not yet signed into law)!
That should give the people on this forum a clue about how difficult it will be to sell their favorite methods. And that's why I've tried to emphasize simplicity.
Actually, as simple as DMC/RAV is, it may still be too complicated for public acceptance within, say, the next 20 or 30 years. If so, I guess we're left with Approval.
The one thing we can be absolutely, 100% sure about is that the issue of Condorcet margins vs. wv will *not* be a significant public issue anytime within the next 1,000 years!
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