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Coombs' method

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Clyde Coombs devised what is referred to as Coombs' method of election system. Coombs method is a form of preferential voting, and works like Instant Runoff Voting in reverse. The candidate a majority of last place votes is eliminated. The process is repeated until only one candidate remains.

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