England and Wales Will Use a Form of Instant-Runoff Voting for Police & Crime Commissioner Elections

On November 15, voters in England and Wales will elect Police and Crime Commissioners, in non-partisan elections. This is a new elected office. See here to see the ballot. Voters will choose a first choice and also a second choice. Second choice ballots won’t matter unless no candidate receives a majority of first choice votes. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.


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England and Wales Will Use a Form of Instant-Runoff Voting for Police & Crime Commissioner Elections — 4 Comments

  1. PCC math = ANOTHER B-A-D version of IRV for single offices.

    Divided majority
    Z1 25
    Z2 24
    ——–
    A1 18
    A2 17
    A3 16
    100
    A group 51
    Z group 49

    —–
    Nonpartisan App.V. – pending head to head math.

  2. Poor turnout, about 10-20% in most regions, it hit 12% in mine. The candidate I voted for 1st preference came 3rd behind Labour and Conservative. Quite a few Independents have won their elections, and both my preferences were Independents.

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