Re:What Is Voter Satisfaction Efficiency?
by _delirium on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @12:02AM
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Do you know what the source of the lag is? There's a concept of "rounds" in IRV, but if you have access to computers, a "round" should resolve in less than a second, if election data is digitized. Is the lag digitizing the votes in the first place?
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Re:What Is Voter Satisfaction Efficiency?
by vlovich123 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @01:37AM
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I guess (without any research) it’s because you have to fully count all the votes before you start simulating as results may change. You can’t just say “this person has an inescapable lead” because the drop-out of another candidate might net a win. The only case where you can “call” it I think is if someone is likely to get >50% on the first ballot.
The machines at the polling places can only count first preferences. Distribution of preferences will occur once the votes are transferred to the central scrutiny centre.
https://twitter.com/AntonyGreenABC/status/140752370034202214...
Re:What Is Voter Satisfaction Efficiency?
by zone411 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @02:13AM
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It's mostly because of absentee votes.
Re:What Is Voter Satisfaction Efficiency?
by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @03:08AM
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> Do you know what the source of the lag is?
Absentee votes. Also, voters have some time to “cure” mistakes, e.g. forgetting to sign their ballot envelope.
TL;DR Nothing intrinsic to IRV.