Content Authored by Terry Bouricius
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IRV better than old runoffs
- Posted: June 9, 2009
- Author(s): Terry Bouricius
- Publication: Aspen Times
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
FairVote's Terry Bouricius confronts critics who claim that IRV's non-monotonicity make it an unsatisfactory election system. -
Common Cause and League of Women Voters defend IRV in Burlington
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More on Warren Smith's and Anthony Gierzynski's flawed analysis.
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In Defense of IRV
- Posted: March 18, 2009
- Author(s): Terry Bouricius
- Publication: Seven Days
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
FairVote's Terry Bouricius explains why Burlington's elections are much better under instant runoff voting than they were when the city used runoff elections. -
Response to Faulty Analysis of Burlington IRV Election
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Some Analysis of the 2009 Burlington IRV Election
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How instant runoff voting is affecting campaigns in Burlington
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Pick gov candidate the right way
- Posted: June 25, 2008
- Author(s): Terry Bouricius
- Publication: Bennington Banner
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
FairVote's Terry Bouricius puts the case for IRV in the election for Vermont Governor. -
My Turn: Instant runoff would elect by majority
- Posted: May 31, 2008
- Author(s): Terry Bouricius
- Publication: The Burlington Free Press
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, FairVote
Commentary by FairVote senior analyst Terry Bouricius on instant runoff voting. -
Lost Votes in Vermont State Senate Elections
- Posted: September 1, 2001
- Author(s): Terry Bouricius
- Categories: Cumulative Voting, All Reports
The partisan makeup of the Vermont legislature is not in line with the partisan vote for state officers. Democrats are under-represented in both the House and Senate.
An analysis of withheld votes in the State Senate races in 2000, 1998, and 1996 reveals that the primary cause of this disproportionality is the tendency of Democratic voters to bullet vote, giving up some of their votes, and possibly splitting their ticket, at a far higher rate than Republican voters. We calculate that partial franchise bullet voting on average results in Vermont voters withholding over 14% of the votes they are entitled to cast in State Senate races.