Alternative Voting: How Does it Work?

[reveal]

One of the questions we receive frequently is why we use the alternative voting system. Our fantastic tech coordinator, Luke Withrow, has found a video that answers the question wonderfully. Check it out: http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/alternative-voting-how-does-it-work/

 

[the Jester]

Are you talking about the Ennies?

 

[reveal]

Are you talking about the Ennies?

Yes.

 

[howandwhy99]

Yeah, instant run off voting (IRV) has been around quite some time. Ireland and Australia have (or had? unsure) adopted it. There are actually quite a few methods. It's actually inherent in many of the parliamentary voting systems (e.g. 100 seats, vote for a party not a rep, 1 seat is award for every 1 percent of votes a party receives).

In terms of mathematical fairness the single vote method is almost the least fair. So I'm glad the Ennies have taken this approach. Good video.

 

[jedavis]

Am I the only one who expected this to be a poll... ?

 

[IronWolf]

One of the questions we receive frequently is why we use the alternative voting system. Our fantastic tech coordinator, Luke Withrow, has found a video that answers the question wonderfully. Check it out: Alternative Voting: How Does it Work? | ENnie Awards

Great link to help folks understand the voting better. I very much like the style of voting the ENnies uses.