http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/04/05/google-plots-road-map-into-the-social-networking-realm-with-my-maps/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/04/05/google-plots-road-map-into-the-social-networking-realm-with-my-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-8908 Won Byone Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:42:49 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/04/07/google-plots-road-map-into-the-social-networking-realm-with-my-maps/#comment-8908 To engineers Crim and Davarya: Thanks for archiving a portion of our culture and history that would soon be lost. I have an interesting map for you, but first let me fill you in on some pertitnent facts: Do you know that at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, they refined a voting system that elects by majority without a second delayed runoff? It is called instant runoff voting (IRV). There are nine states that have two primaries (double primary system) to require a primary majority, but do not require a majority in their general elections! There is one state that used to have a double primary, but now has an open, nonpartisan primary that sometimes results in a majority before the general election! And that is the only state that requires a majority in the general election. Just as an indicator/barometer of the effects of no majority requirement, check out the website and see that eighty governors have been elected with less than half the vote between 1948-2003. To engineers Crim and Davarya:
Thanks for archiving a portion of our culture and history that would soon be lost.
I have an interesting map for you, but first let me fill you in on some pertitnent facts:
Do you know that at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, they refined a voting system that elects by majority without a second delayed runoff? It is called instant runoff voting (IRV).
There are nine states that have two primaries (double primary system) to require a primary majority, but do not require a majority in their general elections!
There is one state that used to have a double primary, but now has an open, nonpartisan primary that sometimes results in a majority before the general election! And that is the only state that requires a majority in the general election.
Just as an indicator/barometer of the effects of no majority requirement, check out the website and see that eighty governors have been elected with less than half the vote between 1948-2003.

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