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Human Events, Jul 29, 2002 by Gizzi, John
But, at least at this stage, Ammiano appears to be the favorite-if, for no other reason, the unique new system San Francisco has adopted for choosing a mayor.
In a political experiment, San Francisco has eliminated the requirement of run-offs for city offices if no candidate wins 50% of the vote in the first round-but with a twist. Now, voters will numerically rank their favorite candidates and second and third choices on the ballot. Should no candidate win a majority, then a night-long, computerorchestrated process known as Instant Runoff Voting determines the winner.
Under the system, the computer eliminates the candidate with the fewest votes, and then switches his votes to the No. 2 candidates on the ballots cast for him. If those fresh votes still do not put any candidate over 50% of the vote, the process is repeated, each time eliminating the low vote-getter and redistributing his votes to second choice candidates until someone gets a majority.
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