Ranked Robin: Difference between revisions

Ranked Robin is [[Precinct-summable|precinct summable]] through the use of [[Pairwise comparison matrix|preference matrices]]. Full preference matrices can be created simply by hand if needed and then reported directly to the media and the public, allowing ballots and ballot data to remain local for recounts and risk-limiting audits without risking the threat of [[w:Electoral fraud#Vote buying|vote selling]] and voter coercion.<ref>See Ballotpedia's "[https://ballotpedia.org/Intimidation_of_voters Intimidation of voters]" article for more about voter coercion.</ref>. This decentralization of tallying allows elections to remain robust against scaled election attacks, which is vital in jurisdictions that run geographically-spread or high-profile elections. In contrast, voting methods that are not precinct summable, like [[Instant runoff voting|Ranked Choice (Instant Runoff) Voting]] and many expressive [[Proportional Representation|proportional voting methods]], lose these benefits and can lead to distrust in election outcomes if fraud, attacks, or even simple mistakes happen under a centralized counting authority.