tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32622692.post1298913979344395858..comments2023-10-21T08:08:43.106-04:00Comments on Blazing Indiscretions: LOCAL NEWS: THE NO ACCOUNT RECOUNTJayVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02892272648798100594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32622692.post-49715621922775229832009-03-11T20:14:00.000-04:002009-03-11T20:14:00.000-04:00BlueVoter, thanks for the comment.BlueVoter, thanks for the comment.JayVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892272648798100594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32622692.post-88256390311169925442009-03-11T17:47:00.000-04:002009-03-11T17:47:00.000-04:00I was at the recount last night, and I believe the...I was at the recount last night, and I believe the reason Kurt called a halt to it, was that it became obvious to everyone in the room as the recount went along that the system worked properly and that more voters preferred Kiss than Wright. Some people have noted that a bit over 6% of voters didn't rank either Kiss or Wright, so their ballots became "exhuated" (basically they sat out the final runoff). This is a much smaller drop-off than typical for separate runoff elections. And if Burlington had used pluraltiy rules (voters just pick one candidate, with no majority requirement), then the rate of "exhausted" ballots would have been 38% since all of the voters who selected Montroll, Smith and Simpson would be dismissed as irrelevant voters. IRV worked extremely well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com