Coombs' method: Difference between revisions

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The '''Coombs' method''', also called the '''Coombs rule''',<ref>Grofman, Bernard, and Scott L. Feld (2004) [http://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> created by [[Clyde Coombs]], is a [[voting system]] used for single-winner [[election]]s [[preferential voting|in which each voter rank-orders the candidates]]. It is very similar to [[Instant Runoff Voting]] (also known as 'Preferential Voting' or the Alternative Vote).

==Procedures==