Why Was Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) Developed?​

question 12

Multiple Choice

Why was instant runoff voting (IRV) developed?​

• A) To provide fairness in local elections, such as those for school boards and city councils
• B) To ensure that the winning candidate has the support of the majority of the voters in the district
• C) To offer representation for single-issue preferences, as they relate to stringent ideological views
• D) To distribute multiple seats fairly in a district to correspond to the proportion of the total votes cast

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