tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696446405100112491.post763224409378339567..comments2023-10-31T06:45:58.112-08:00Comments on The Least of All Evils: The United Kingdom and the Alternative VoteDale Sheldon-Hesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07974707193305445403noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696446405100112491.post-40080447258165698792010-07-14T14:28:08.539-08:002010-07-14T14:28:08.539-08:00I'd focus on more local elections before expec...I'd focus on more local elections before expecting any country to use AV or SV for their most important elections....<br /><br /><br />Now, if they only used AV to narrow the no. of candidates in the general election to 3 or 4 or 5 then they could avoidDLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709279441985086959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696446405100112491.post-3174912608443737922010-07-10T20:49:17.348-08:002010-07-10T20:49:17.348-08:00Dale, if Great Britain adopts IRV, I expect the fi...Dale, if Great Britain adopts IRV, I expect the first IRV election to be a Florida Style meltdown. <br /><br />It is highly possible that voting machine vendors will persuade officials to adopt computerized vote counting - Scotland did in 2007. Their election was described as "Not so much an election as a national humiliation" with over 100,000 spoiled ballot papers.<br /><br />If you thought the last UK election was a mess (many voters turned away, voter roll lists wrong, etc), wait till the first UK IRV election.Joyce McCloyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05639953244478293701noreply@blogger.com