AT-LARGE GATEWAY
At-Large Regional Policy Engagement Program (ARPEP)
At-Large Review Implementation Plan Development
Page History
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Nominee | Nominated and Supported by | Date Nominee Accepted | Nominee's Statement | SOI | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Zuck | Alan Greenberg |
| Statement | Jonathan Zuck SOI | |
| Judith Hellerstein | Glenn McKnight |
| Judith Hellerstein's Statement of Interest | ||
| Matthew Rantanen | John Laprise | Declined | |||
| Marita Moll | Shelley Robinson |
| Statement | Marita Moll SOI | |
| Loris Taylor | Matthew Rantanen | Declined |
SInce there are more than two candidates for the ALAC Member seat, a voting method called Instant-Runoff Voting will be use. See description at the bottom of this page.
NARALO SECRETARIAT - One year term: 2018 AGM - 2019 AGM
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6.1.1 To initiate staggered elections of the officers, the terms of the Chair and the Secretariat elected at the first election after adoption of these amended Rules of Procedure shall be two (2) years and one (1) year, respectively. The election for the ALAC Members shall continue on the current staggered basis.
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Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV)
An Instant-Runoff Vote is used when there are multiple (more than 2) candidates for a single position.
It is important that anyone elected has the support of the majority of the electors but with multiple candidates, that might not happen if we use regular voting. For instance, with 11 voters and 3 candidates, it is possible that the candidates received 5,4 and 2 votes each. So no candidate has the support of a majority of the electorate.
In IRV, each voter ranks all candidates in order of preference. Here is a possible set of ballots
| Candidate A | Candidate B | Candidate C |
Ballot 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Ballot 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Ballot 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Ballot 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Ballot 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Ballot 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Ballot 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Ballot 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Ballot 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Ballot 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Ballot 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Candidate A received 5 first preferences, Candidate B had 4 and Candidate C had 2, so no one had a majority of support.
Candidate has the least support, so he/she is dropped. For those 2 dropped ballots, Candidate A was the next choice for 1 and Candidate C for the other. So excluding Candidate C, Candidate A is not preferred by 6 voters and Candidate B by 5, so Candidate A is declared the winner.
If there is a tie for who to be eliminated, past voting choices in the first rounds is used and if that does not help, random selection is used.
This has been the selection methodology used for the ALAC for selection with multiple selections since 2009 and it is used to narrow the field for At-Large Board Selections.
IRV is a special case of Single Transferable Voting (STV) where there may be multiple winners. Both methods are widely used throughout the world.
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting
