... What we have here is a statement that there is "little practical evidence" with regard to Range Voting, but, then, claims are made about IRV that are not...
... Ease of strategy is only an indicator of how strategic voters will be. So if Range Voting encourages 70% of people to be strategic, whereas only 30% of...
The way it is supposed to work: 1. Election happens. 2. Precincts compute their (sub)totals. 3. state election offices uses them to compute statewide (genuine)...
... --WDS: I do not understand why this voting method can't just run forever. Suppose we have a preference cycle. Then seems to me we perhaps could, forever,...
... Right on target! This is exactly one of the points that is in the latest item on my blog,namely, the duty cycle for voting machines is two orders of...
I just posted a follow-up article on e-voting. Topics include tactics used by e-voting system vendors, the Holt Bill, an explanation of why hand-counting is...
For some reason this was not posted. Trying again. Unger will find plenty of ammo for his position that 100% manual vote counting is the way to go, in the...
Re there being "no evidence" of any election corruption in Ohio 2004, not only is there evidence, there have in fact been convictions and jail time, e.g. ...
Warren Smith
warren.wds@...
Mar 2, 2007 3:52 am
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... Forest Simmons suggested this algorithm in 2005 after I suggested using one of River,BeatPath,Ranked Pairs algorithms measuring defeat strengths by the...
-> > A perhaps ridiculous question: does the AMS process ... --Aha, that is nice. This argument is dependent on the fact the swap was always of an ADJACENT...
http://rangevoting.org/Ignoring.html it seems most voting systems either need to examine about 100% of the info in the votes, or can ignore about 100% of it. ...
I haven't read the book, but I plan now to order it. I agree with all of Warren's points except for the one about parallel testing, which is discussed below....
well, I have to admit, the Unger all-manual-count view is becoming more attractive. I don't find Unger's hypothesized hacks intended to defeat parallel testing...
Excerpts from article "What a legacy for Blair to leave!" by Graham Dines, East Anglian Daily Times, 02 March 2007. ... European monitors more used to...
Folks here may already be aware of this article comparing various voting methods by election simulation. But I am not certain. Tom ...
tom smith
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Mar 3, 2007 5:44 am
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... At this point, that's exactly what I'm seeking, for people to think about them, criticize them, or agree with them and spread the discussion. Eventually,...
... My proposals have been precisely to use opscan-compatible ballots that are filled out with that high-tech invention, a #2 pencil. Some very good reasons...
This deserves more thought: While Plurality requires looking at most of the votes, this need is often much less than 100%. Likewise the IRV winner can often be...
Dave Ketchum
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Mar 3, 2007 7:11 am
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... Given that it is easily possible to ensure accurate vote-counting with practically no public expense, but only voluntary private expense, the question may...
... The good news is that the dollar cost of replacing e-voting machines with manual counting is NEGATIVE. Check this out, using the formulas in my first blog...
... I will summarize my understanding of your proposal (or, at least, one version of it, with some details filled in). 1. Voters mark paper ballots by hand...
see the end of http://rangevoting.org/Ohio06.html it was not surprising to see manipulation since Blackwell was both Republican governor candidate and...
Well, look, I think we're converging. Why don't we write a webpage for CRV laying out a stand on this. I think the stand should be basically, that 1. no...
Warren, I fully agree with your position as stated here. There is, however a factual error on the page you cited. While it is true that not a single senator...
... http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2005/1070 ... I do not see where I talked about senators protesting or not. What is the page you have in...
... It is so frustrating to see situations like this, problems that could be so easily ameliorated. Public Ballot Images! (And no fancy voting machines!)...
... My proposal, Warren, is both. Except that the "no machines" does not rule out automated recognition of paper ballots using off-the-shelf, standard hardware...
