[EL] Fwd: Our cosponsored short course next week at APSA on ranked choice voting in the USA

[Rob Richie]

Hi, Folks,

For those attending APSA in San Francisco next week, note that we're
co-sponsoring this short course on ranked choice voting in the United
States -- quite a lineup for those interested in this subject.

Best regards,
Rob Richie, FairVote

http://www.fairvote.org/reforms/instant-runoff-voting/ranked-choice-voting-civility-project/apsa2015-short-course/
Ranked Choice Voting in the U.S.A.: Developments and DebatesAnnual Meeting
of the American Political Science Association 2015, San Francisco California

Short Course Co-Sponsored by FairVote and the Section on Representation &
Electoral Systems
*Wednesday, September 2, 9:00 a.m.-1:00pm.*
*Hilton Union Square 3 &4.*

Growing numbers of American cities use ranked choice voting (RCV, also
known as the Alternative Vote, Preferential Voting and Instant Runoff
Voting), including San Francisco and three other cities in the Bay
Area.  Drawing on international experience, this short course will first
explore the theory behind the use of RCV--in both its single-winner form
and its multi-winner form (also known as the Single Transferable Vote)--in
American elections. Confirmed discussants include Arend Lijphart, Ben
Reilly, Jack Vowles, and David Farrell. As part of this discussion, the
course will consider the likely future of RCV, structured around the
statewide ballot measure that will be presented to voters in Maine in 2016.

The course then will turn to emergent American experience with the system,
exploring how scholars have made use of the increasing amount of data
available on voter turnout and cognition, residual votes, candidate
strategy and campaign tone under RCV. Scholars will report on novel
approaches that were adopted to study RCV elections in 2013 and 2014
involving public opinion polling, content analysis and analysis of “ballot
image” data from seven cities using RCV and 14 control cities. Todd Donovan
and Caroline Tolbert will report on the results of the comprehensive public
opinion survey of voters in RCV and control jurisdictions exploring voters’
experiences and attitudes toward RCV and alternative systems.  The decades
of experience in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with multi-winner RCV will also
be explored.

The final session in the course addresses key areas of controversy over
RCV. We will hear from scholars, including Corey Cook and Jason McDaniel,
who have expressed caution about RCV and turnout, disadvantage to
minorities and lower-SES voters, civil discourse, transparency and
administrative practicalities.
*Program*

*9:00 - 9:20   Welcome and Summary of Rising Interest in Ranked Choice
Voting - Rob Richie*

*9:20- 10:30 Lessons for the USA from International Experience with RCV,
Chair – Rob Richie*

   - Sarah John – Overview of international use in governmental and party
   elections
   - David Farrell - Lessons for the United States from Ireland’s experience
   - Benjamin Reilly – Lessons for the United States from Australia and the
   Pacific
   - Jack Vowles – Lessons from the Introduction of Single Transferable
   Vote in New Zealand local elections
   - Arend Lijphart – How international experience informs American reform
   choices

*10:45 - 11:45 New Approaches to Studying the Emergent American Experience
with RCV, Chair - Rob Richie*

   - Caroline Tolbert – Report on polls of likely voters on their
   experiences with RCV
   - Todd Donovan – Report on candidate surveys about RCV experience
   - Sarah John – Report on other strands of research into RCV
   - Jack Santucci - Mid-century Coalition Politics of RCV-Elected City
   Councils

*12:00 – 12:45: Cautionary Notes about RCV in Practice in US Cities, Chair
– Sarah John*

   - Corey Cook – Data-driven analysis of Bay Area experience
   - Jason McDaniel – Data on San Francisco experience
   - Rob Riche – Comments and his analysis of Bay Area RCV election data

*12:45 - Close and Final Remarks, Rob Richie*
*For information about the event, please contact Sarah John at sjohn [at]
fairvote [dot] org*




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