Score Runoff Voting
Score Runoff Voting is a single-winner voting method used for elections. Each voter may assign a score, from 0 to the maximum score, to any number of candidates. Of the two highest-scoring candidates, the winner is the one more voters assigned a higher score.[1]
Score Runoff Voting was first proposed publicly in October, 2014 by Center for Election Science co-founder Clay Shentrup.[2] The runoff step was introduced in order to correct for strategic distortion in ordinary score voting,[3] such as Bullet voting and tactical maximization.[4]
Score Runoff Voting has been analyzed using a simulation study of Voter Satisfaction Efficiency.[5] The author of that study concluded that, "SRV is undeniably a top-shelf election method, and arguably the best"[6] of the ones tested, a list including Approval Voting, Score Voting, Instant Runoff Voting and Condorcet methods among others.
Score Runoff Voting has been identified as a target of relatively easy and high impact reform in several counties in Oregon.[7]
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