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INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING

Third Parties in General would be aided by elections using instant runoff voting.  This would allow a voter to put down (say) Ralph Nader as first choice but a more mainstream candidate as second choice.  If no one gets 50% of the vote, the second choice of the canditates with few votes would have his votes added to the second choice.  IRV is hard to explain in a few words, but it has a lot of benefits.  The detriment is that it requires computers and the integrity of the computers is paramount.  Tom parks

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