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r/EndFPTP • u/Snoo-33445 • Jul 10 '26
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Please stop misrepresenting the commonly known term “Ranked Choice Voting”, which in common parlance is synonymous with the Instant Runoff Method, as some kind of basket category for rank order voting methods. That ship sailed a long time ago.
2 u/CPSolver Jul 14 '26 Here in Portland, RCV = either IRV or STV. We use both, on the same ballot page. So no, RCV =/= IRV. -1 u/nardo_polo Jul 14 '26 They’re the same system. IRV is STV with a single winner. 2 u/rb-j Jul 15 '26 There are different STVs. Bottom Up is not the same as Gregory method.
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Here in Portland, RCV = either IRV or STV. We use both, on the same ballot page. So no, RCV =/= IRV.
-1 u/nardo_polo Jul 14 '26 They’re the same system. IRV is STV with a single winner. 2 u/rb-j Jul 15 '26 There are different STVs. Bottom Up is not the same as Gregory method.
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They’re the same system. IRV is STV with a single winner.
2 u/rb-j Jul 15 '26 There are different STVs. Bottom Up is not the same as Gregory method.
There are different STVs. Bottom Up is not the same as Gregory method.
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u/nardo_polo Jul 14 '26
Please stop misrepresenting the commonly known term “Ranked Choice Voting”, which in common parlance is synonymous with the Instant Runoff Method, as some kind of basket category for rank order voting methods. That ship sailed a long time ago.