Comments on: Georgetown undergrads use IRV again http://democraticpiece.com/2008/02/12/georgetown-undergrads-use-irv-again/ Tentative conclusions on democracy & governance Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:40:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jack http://democraticpiece.com/2008/02/12/georgetown-undergrads-use-irv-again/#comment-346 Jack Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:41:32 +0000 http://democraticpiece.com/2008/02/12/georgetown-undergrads-use-irv-again/#comment-346 They <a href="http://studentorgs.georgetown.edu/gusa/?Action=About" rel="nofollow">thought</a> about multi-member districts: "[GUSA implemented] geographical representation for the Senate - too few students know their Student Association Senator. by creating districts based on where you live, rather than what grade you're in, we hope that students will have more day-to-day interaction with their representative to the Student Association" They thought about multi-member districts:

“[GUSA implemented] geographical representation for the Senate - too few students know their Student Association Senator. by creating districts based on where you live, rather than what grade you’re in, we hope that students will have more day-to-day interaction with their representative to the Student Association”

]]> By: Bob Richard http://democraticpiece.com/2008/02/12/georgetown-undergrads-use-irv-again/#comment-344 Bob Richard Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:08:09 +0000 http://democraticpiece.com/2008/02/12/georgetown-undergrads-use-irv-again/#comment-344 Skipped rankings needn't be a problem. Just look at the next candidate in the voter's ordering; the voter's intent is always clear. Most implementations of IRV allow this. Most implementations do forbid duplicate rankings, but that's not really necessary. Just give half a vote to each of the tied candidates. Handling fractional votes isn't a problem if the software or manual procedures already do STV. Speaking of STV, maybe Georgetown will rethink single-member districts for the student senate, after they've had some experience with ranked ballots. Skipped rankings needn’t be a problem. Just look at the next candidate in the voter’s ordering; the voter’s intent is always clear. Most implementations of IRV allow this.

Most implementations do forbid duplicate rankings, but that’s not really necessary. Just give half a vote to each of the tied candidates. Handling fractional votes isn’t a problem if the software or manual procedures already do STV.

Speaking of STV, maybe Georgetown will rethink single-member districts for the student senate, after they’ve had some experience with ranked ballots.

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