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Example of Instant Runoff Voting Here is a scheme where you say, "Thank God/dess for computers." Let's say Atlantis election laws say that a candidate must have at least one vote over 50% of the votes cast. Xarg got 32% of the votes, Yowza got 33%, and Zlogle got 35%. So, no one won the first round. But that was just for the FIRST choice. With three candidates running for the office of the Grand Wazoo, each voter selects a first choice AND a second choice. Since Xarg got the fewest votes for first choice, the instant runoff is between Yowza and Zlogle. So, of the voters who had preferred Xarg, the computer tabulates how many of their second choices were cast for Yowza which is then added to her final total. Then the second choice of the Xarg voters are added to Zlogle's count. So, by using Instant Runoff Voting, we find that Yowza got 55% of the final vote.

* Proportional Representation * Instant Runoff Voting * Fusion Candidates * back to the Third Party front door