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Re:Instant runoff voting is the system we need by dragonsngoblins on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @09:31PM (#18403973)
Tactical voting is only a concern if people don't fully preference, which I always do (and encourage others to do). Surely if you can be bothered to vote "tactically" you can be bothered to fully preference
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Re:Instant runoff voting is the system we need by caf on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @09:48PM (#18404029)
The given example (Wentworth) was a House of Reps by-election, in which full preferences are required for a vote to be formal anyway.

That doesn't affect the tactical voting possibility there - the possibility arose because the Liberal candidate's chances were greatly affected by which of the other two major contenders made it into the final runoff.

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