Do you support instant runoff elections? (Rank all candidates - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. choice.)?

Question

Do you support instant runoff elections?
Instant Runoff Voting is a system that guarantees the winning candidate has a majority of the votes (instead of a plurality) and eliminates the "wasted vote syndrome" caused by third party candidates. It allows voters to rank some or all of the candidates by preference on a single ballot (first, second, third choice, etc.), so it can simulate an "instant" runoff election if no candidate has a majority of the votes.

If anyone receives a majority of the first choice votes, that candidate is elected. If not, the last place candidate is defeated, just as in a runoff election, and all ballots are counted again. This time each ballot cast for the defeated candidate counts for the next choice candidate listed on the ballot. The process of eliminating the last place candidate and recounting the ballots continues until one candidate receives a majority of the vote.

More info is here:
http://www.instantrunoff.com/faq.asp

Answer 1

Of course! It is one of the best scenarios that people in the know have come up with to improve and streamline our electoral system. In other words, anything but the present system! It sux!