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"alternative vote" is the term the UK ended up using for instant-runoff voting when it had a referendum a few years back. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_
by Pete_D 7y ago
"alternative vote" is the term the UK ended up using for instant-runoff voting when it had a referendum a few years back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum,_2011 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vot...
- Wildgoose 7y agoNot quite. I think the proposals only affected the top two ranked candidates in the first round, i.e. arguably no better than First Past the Post. Approval Voting would be simple, easy to understand and a vast improvemnet.