Descending solid coalitions
Voting method designed to replace IRV / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Descending Solid Coalitions (DSC) is a ranked-choice voting system. It is designed to preserve the advantages of instant-runoff voting, while satisfying monotonicity.[1] It was developed by voting theorist Douglas Woodall as an improvement on (and replacement for) the use of the alternative vote.
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A minor variant, Descending Acquiescing Coalitions (DAC), counts equal-ranked ballots slightly differently, causing it to fail later-no-harm but satisfy later-no-help.[1]