Lib Dem leadership elections

[ciphergoth]

Am I right in thinking that the next leader of the Liberal Democrats will be chosen by single transferable vote?

Comments

[softfruit.livejournal.com]

But if you use condorcet you might end up with no leadership at all...

[i'll leave the obvious punchline to that one as an easy exercise for the reader, and say that as we back STV for all elections it's only consistent that we use it for all our internal elections]

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

(1) many Condorcet methods (eg MAM) will always pick a winner.

(2) STV is good for multi-winner elections, but bad for single-winner elections. If you back STV for single-winner, you should stop it!