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Re:Gerrymandering and a cure - shortest splitline algorithm by ianb on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @10:18PM (#5000877)
I don't see how instant run-off voting would change much of anything, unless perhaps you got rid of the endorsement process at the same time so that people of the same party could more easily run against each other.
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Re:Gerrymandering and a cure - shortest splitline algorithm by weeksie on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @11:02PM (#5000964)
It removes the fear of throwing away a vote on a third party. Look at the Australian government for example, there are a ton of third parties represented.
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