On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 1:16 AM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Top Two Runoff has an obvious problem, if the first round is simple > vote-for-one. Sometimes a compromise candidate fails to make it into the > runoff. This is really the same problem as IRV, but the problem doesn't > exist -- or is ameliorated -- under some election rules. In particular, > Robert's Rules, for runoff elections, does not allow ballot restriction.
As a compromise to repeating the balloting until the deadlock is resolved, what about the following rules Round 1 - All candidates on the ballot - If a candidate gets a majority, he is elected and no further rounds held Round 2 - All candidates on the ballot - The top 2 from round 1 appear first on the ballot and are marked as top-2 - If a candidate gets a majority, he is elected and round 3 is not held Round 3 - One of the top 2 from round 1 is on the ballot -- (the one who received the most votes in round 2) - The plurality winner of round 2 is on the ballot -- (excluding the above candidate) - Candidate with the most votes wins This gives the voters 2 chances to pick a majority winner before going to run-off. In a 'normal' top-2 situation, the top 2 will also be the top 2 in round 2 and they will be the 2 candidates for round 3. In fact, it would likely result in round 2 being the last round as one of them would get a majority. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info