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> createdis bya [[Clydevoting Coombssystem]],isacreated by [[votingClyde systemCoombs]] used for single-winner [[election]]s [[preferential voting|in which each voter rank-orders the candidates]]. It is very similar to [[Instant Runoffinstant-runoff Votingvoting]] (also known as 'Preferentialpreferential Voting'voting or the Alternative Vote).
