> ICANN should use the Alternative (also known as "Preferential"
or "Single-Transferable") Voting System to conduct this election.There is quite
a difference between Alternative Vote/AV (=Instant Runoff Vote/IRV) and Single Transferable
Vote/STV. What ICANN proposes is *not* Single Transferable Vote.
I quote from
a mail on the DNSO voting rules discussion:
IRV (Instant Runoff Vote) is also called
Alternative Vote (AV)
and e.g. used in Australian House of Representatives elections.
It
is a *majoritarian* electoral system for *single* seats. Like every
electoral
system, AV has some advantages and some disadvantages,
both of which are explained
at length in a study for the Australian
Electoral Commission. One of the drawbacks
according to this
study is that it "can result in the election of the least unfavoured
rather
than the most popular" choice.
http://www.aec.gov.au/pubs/electoral_systems.htm#majoritorian
In
contrast, STV (Single Transferable Vote) is a *proportional
representation* electoral
system for *multiple* seats. The main
rationale behind it is not to waste votes.
http://www.aec.gov.au/pubs/electoral_systems.htm#proportional
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Alexander Svensson