Ian Plätschisch
Senator for Maritiimi-Maxhestic
Posts: 4,001
Talossan Since: 3-21-2015
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Post by Ian Plätschisch on Feb 8, 2017 16:35:07 GMT -6
But wouldn't a runoff just mean the same people who are tied between two candidates voting on the same candidates again? The point of IRV is that its a series of runoff elections, but instant, thats why it's called IRV. Are we hoping people will miss the second election in order to resolve the tie. What if the election is tied again? Also, we could only hold such a runoff after the elections have been verified. Then, the Chancery will have to run a new election, which would logically take two weeks again. Then that one needs to be verified. That would very likely delay the first clark. Another benefit of keeping the provincial executive clause is that we don't have to change the orglaw. It could be argued ties during a step of the process that can be resolved by total preferences aren't real ties. After all, they are resolved simply by looking at the vote, without any further outside input. If a situation cannot be resolved that way, we calculate both scenarios. Sometimes these will lead to the same candidate being elected anyway. If not, it would be considered a tie and resolved according to the Orglaw as it is. That way we can fix IRV without having to change the OrgLaw, so we'll be in time for the next election. Hmm, good point. The individuals provinces would have to decide who is technically the executive at the time the tie needs to be resolved.
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