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{{Short description|Single-winner ranked-choice electoral system}}{{Confused|Combs method}}{{Electoral systems}}
'''Coombs' method''' is a [[ranked voting systems|ranked voting system]] popularized by [[Clyde Coombs]].<ref name="Grofman">Grofman, Bernard, and Scott L. Feld (2004) [https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2003.08.001 "If you like the alternative vote (a.k.a. the instant runoff), then you ought to know about the Coombs rule,"] ''Electoral Studies'' '''23''':641-59.</ref> It was described by [[Edward J. Nanson]] as the "Venetian method",<ref>{{Cite book |last=Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne |first=Vic ) |url=http://archive.org/details/transactionsproc1719roya |title=Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria .. |date=1864 |publisher=Melbourne : The Society |others=American Museum of Natural History Library}}</ref> but should not be confused with the [[Republic of Venice]]'s use of [[score voting]] in elections for [[Doge of Venice|Doge]]. Coombs' method can be thought of as a cross between [[instant-runoff voting]] and [[anti-plurality voting]].
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