1. IRV - Noun
2. IRV - Proper noun
IRV (uncountable)
Initialism of instant runoff voting.
A male given name
Clipping of Irvin.
Clipping of Irvine.
Clipping of Irving.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAn ironman like him shouldn’t fall back on the weak “lack of respect” argument – that’s for lesser guys, and I doubt his father Irv would have listened to that. Source: Internet
Because it is necessary only to vote once, IRV, like the two-round system, is used for large-scale elections in many places. Source: Internet
By contrast, IRV elects C and plurality elects A. The goal of a ranked voting system is for voters to be able to vote sincerely and trust the system to protect their intent. Source: Internet
IRV often elects a different winner to the two-round system and tends to produce the same results as the exhaustive ballot. Source: Internet
Combined with the fact that there is no single election system for the national presidential election and therefore no single method for IRV, there would be no way to guarantee that a national IRV election would save money in fact it might cost even more. Source: Internet
In cases where there is a Condorcet Winner, and where IRV does not choose it, a majority would by definition prefer the Condorcet Winner to the IRV winner. Source: Internet