Greetings EM list, Craig Carey asked about someone from the Freedom Party to comment on MMP. The following letter is about MMP and by Bill Frampton, Vice...
Donald E Davison
donald@...
Dec 1, 1999 11:12 am
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Donald E Davison
donald@...
Dec 1, 1999 12:39 pm
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Greetings, 12/01/99 I do not write much about recall because it is not easy to fit it into an election method. At times I...
Donald E Davison
donald@...
Dec 1, 1999 12:45 pm
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Greetings, It is wrong to make false claims for any proposed reform. Some election reform people make false claims for Proportional Representation(PR) methods....
Donald E Davison
donald@...
Dec 2, 1999 1:52 pm
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Donald Davison wrote: (irrelevant message about another maillist snipped) ... Do people want the "right" to decide whether to absorb or dismiss spam (messages...
Steve Eppley
SEppley@...
Dec 3, 1999 10:01 pm
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New Zealand 1999 Election 67 Districts (Electorates) Total 1,860,883 Winners 891,390 W/T 47.90 Percent High District (54)...
DEMOREP1@...
Dec 3, 1999 11:49 pm
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Arizona To Pioneer Internet Voting By SCOTT THOMSEN .c The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Hoping to appeal to young computer-savvy voters and raise interest...
DEMOREP1@...
Dec 4, 1999 7:36 am
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Can I call 'em the Metameucil systems, can I? Can I? Okay- "Regularity" is the name used earlier by Albert Langer (Craig might recognise the name ;) ) to...
David Catchpole
s349436@...
Dec 8, 1999 2:37 am
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I have put online some REDLOG & REDUCE code that will simplify fully general non-convex polytopes. Simplification involves the removing of redundant flats...
Craig Carey
research@...
Dec 8, 1999 5:26 am
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Dear Craig, it seems to me that you walked into Saari's trap. Although you don't promote the Borda Method, you use Saari's geometrical model of elections. But ...
Markus Schulze
schulze@...
Dec 8, 1999 4:59 pm
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... Why not make it explicit?. ... The last sentence has got to be totally false. Proof by hand waving. ... I am never going to promote Borda, actually. ... I...
Craig Carey
research@...
Dec 8, 1999 7:02 pm
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... What's the difference between "slowing the pace of reform," and making the government "unable to carry out significant policy moves?" What's the difference...
Blake Cretney
bcretney@...
Dec 8, 1999 7:33 pm
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s349436@... wrote in part-- Okay- "Regularity" is the name used earlier by Albert Langer (Craig might recognise the name ;) ) to describe the...
DEMOREP1@...
Dec 9, 1999 4:48 am
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Yes!. consider, if you will, the removal of candidate A from 1 A 1 B ... Mr G. A. Craig Carey, research@... Auckland, New Zealand. Snooz Metasearch:...
Craig Carey
research@...
Dec 9, 1999 5:09 am
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Note: This is another message that finds nothing of great value. ... I can't see how to show an error in the rule with that. This is no better: ... Correction:...
Craig Carey
research@...
Dec 9, 1999 7:48 am
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I note that 100 percent/120 seats = 0.833 percent/seat ... NZ govt slips to minority on final election count WELLINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The New Zealand...
DEMOREP1@...
Dec 10, 1999 1:55 am
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Dear Craig, ... I bet you will promote some positional [*] election method. Saari's geometrical model will force you to do that. If you think that you didn't...
Markus Schulze
schulze@...
Dec 10, 1999 11:30 am
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... What about that modified Condorcet method you mentioned?. That is going to have an amplke quantity of bad theoretical properties. ... The word "win" can be...
Craig Carey
research@...
Dec 10, 1999 5:59 pm
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Dear Craig, ... In so far as you couldn't define IFPP for all situations, you favour only two methods: FPTP and Alternative Voting. Didn't you say that...
Markus Schulze
schulze@...
Dec 10, 1999 7:34 pm
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1. A multiwinner participation rule 2. A reply to the why use geometry question [1] Mr Shulze's definition of the participation axiom was worded in a way that ...
Craig Carey
research@...
Dec 11, 1999 5:20 am
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... It may be you've found a paradox brought on by (p1). Can you give us a proper description of where the shadows intersect? ... Nothing is foolproof given a...
David Catchpole
s349436@...
Dec 11, 1999 6:39 am
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Dear Craig, ... method ... Suppose that candidate A is elected if voter V1 doesn't go to the polls. Suppose that voter V1 strictly prefers candidate A to...
Markus Schulze
schulze@...
Dec 11, 1999 8:54 pm
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... That's just plain nihilism. Our consideration is how voters would express preference (and yeah, you're going to try to weedle out of an argument by stating...
David Catchpole
s349436@...
Dec 12, 1999 12:23 am
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PS. I've decided to call it the Saari Octahedron from now on, seeing as though it really isn't cubic or even rhomboid. ... Nothing is foolproof given a...
David Catchpole
s349436@...
Dec 12, 1999 12:30 am
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... well, without C: p(A)=2/3, p(B)=1/3 without B: p(A)=2/3, p(C)=1/3 without A: p(B)=2/3, p(C)=1/3 So an answer where A,B, and C all run and regularity (at...
David Catchpole
s349436@...
Dec 12, 1999 12:46 am
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Ja, vat ist das problem? Obviously, A's removal will _increase_ B's probability of winning to unity. Regularity is cool with this- it would rather be offended...
David Catchpole
s349436@...
Dec 12, 1999 1:05 am
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... Well, it's not a cube per se, but rather an octahedron formed by the intersection of 1<=x+y+z<=2 and 0<=x,y,z<=1 ... Nothing is foolproof given a talented...
David Catchpole
s349436@...
Dec 12, 1999 1:09 am
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Saari also uses a triangle, but the triangle doesn't go far enough in an analysis of what's a possible configuration of votes and what's not. That's where the...
David Catchpole
s349436@...
Dec 12, 1999 1:14 am
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This list has gone through the 3 choice circular tie example about 5 times in the last 3 years. The simple general example is-- N1 A>B>C N2 B>C>A N3 C>A>B ...
DEMOREP1@...
Dec 12, 1999 9:24 am
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At 09:57 12.12.99 , Markus Schulze wrote: ... Regarding the word "punish", my answer would be "no" provided the topic is is about papers being (partially or...
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