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Monday, June 25, 2012
Stanford University Paper Looks at Ranked Choice Voting
By Selected News Articles @ 4:25 PM :: 11250 Views :: Office of Elections

by Terry Reilly

There has not been much research by unbiased parties concerning Ranked Choice Voting.  The attached academic paper received Stanford's prestigious 2012 Firestone Medal for Excellence.

The paper, entitled: "The Unanticipated Inequalities of Electoral Reform: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Voting Behavior under Oakland's Ranked Choice Voting Program" is extensively researched and takes an honest look at many of the claims of RCV advocates.

This research clearly shows higher spoilage rates by minorities.  It also shows minorities did not use most of their ranks, which lead to higher number of ballots tossed out of the vote count.   

It points out some strange results with RCV such as "Raising a candidate's rank on one's ballot does not always increase that candidate's chance of winning and in fact may decrease a candidate's chance to win" (p.21) - which means your vote can hurt your candidate rather than help them.  This phenomenon is unique to the RCV style voting.

At over 80 pages, it is extremely thorough and worth the effort to read.

LINK: The Unanticipated Inequalities of Electoral Reform: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Voting Behavior under Oakland's Ranked Choice Voting Program

 

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