... -snip- Demorep's observations do not reflect the opinions of a majority of this maillist. It is silly to ask voters about their fuzzy, arbitrary concept...
Steve Eppley
SEppley@...
Apr 6, 1998 7:29 pm
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... 1. Australia does not have a party list system in any elections. Confusion may be caused by the system introduced in 1984 for Senate elections (largely...
IH Farrow
ifarrow@...
Apr 6, 1998 11:56 pm
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... Then, in practical effect, wouldn't that make it a party list system with the option of voting either for pre-ordered party lists or for individual ...
Gary Swing
gwswing@...
Apr 7, 1998 12:37 am
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... I suggest that part of the answer to this question is that the Australian Senate usually has a large number of candidates and groups contesting. Details...
IH Farrow
ifarrow@...
Apr 7, 1998 3:02 am
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... Further to my previous comments, I am not aware of any party list systems that enable voters to individually rank the order of candidates. The typical...
IH Farrow
ifarrow@...
Apr 7, 1998 4:50 am
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Regarding Mr. Eppley's posting of Mon, Apr 6, 1998 3:29 PM EDT--- I mention some more from the 1996-1997 discussion- The range of approval on a choice is from...
DEMOREP1
DEMOREP1@...
Apr 7, 1998 4:53 am
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Limiting the number of rankings allowed, and requiring them to be listed from the top only, seems to give the advantage to an extremist running against a large...
Hugh Tobin
htobin@...
Apr 8, 1998 3:02 am
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In a message dated 98-04-06 15:13:13 EDT, you write: << Example: 35%: ABC 16%: BAC 16%: BCA 33%: CBA I presume we're all agreed that B should be elected...
Saari
Saari@...
Apr 9, 1998 9:56 am
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Greetings Election Methods list, Mixed Member Proportional Representation(MMP) is an improvement - but, MMP has the flaw of cross party voting which can result...
New Democracy
donald@...
Apr 9, 1998 11:36 am
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Dear Mike, ... It ... What do you mean with "acceptable" or "violently opposed". To my opinion, you should always remember, that every voting method, that uses...
Markus Schulze
schulze@...
Apr 9, 1998 11:37 am
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Mr. Saari wrote: In general, simple ranking does not convey enough information to make clear conclusions - but it does provide just enough data for people to...
DEMOREP1
DEMOREP1@...
Apr 9, 1998 7:29 pm
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... I largely agree with Steve on this issue, but I think I see a little bit of merit in this argument, and I think I understand why you're dug in on this...
Rob Lanphier
robla@...
Apr 11, 1998 8:06 am
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For those who know how engaged I used to be in this list and wonder what the heck happened, I can tell you it was because my job pretty much devoured the time...
Rob Lanphier
robla@...
Apr 11, 1998 9:29 am
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Well, here's three posts in three hours after not really participating for more than a year. I got to thinking about my reply to DEMOREP, using absolute...
Rob Lanphier
robla@...
Apr 11, 1998 9:49 am
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Example 0 to 100 rating range on each candidate 49 voters vote A 100 and B O 50 voters vote B 1 and A 0 A median = 0 B median = 1 Should B be elected ?...
DEMOREP1
DEMOREP1@...
Apr 11, 1998 11:16 pm
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... Yup. A majority prefer B over A. Furthermore, there's no way of knowing whether those who prefer A are overstating their preference. Rob Lanphier ...
Rob Lanphier
robla@...
Apr 11, 1998 11:42 pm
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... Mr. Lanphier wrote on Sat, Apr 11, 1998 7:43 PM EDT-- Yup. A majority prefer B over A. Furthermore, there's no way of knowing whether those who prefer A...
DEMOREP1
DEMOREP1@...
Apr 12, 1998 4:56 pm
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... This is why I should get some sleep before posting loopy ideas like this. It occured to me what was wrong with this this afternoon: 99 votes total: Rating ...
Rob Lanphier
robla@...
Apr 13, 1998 4:22 am
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The real difficulty with MMP is not the "overhang mandate" that can mean additional politicians, but rather the fact that it is a non-ordinal system that...
IH Farrow
ifarrow@...
Apr 14, 1998 1:13 am
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Electoral Studies, Vol. 16, p. 441 (1997) has an article about direct presidential elections. In 91 of 170 countries, presidents are directly elected. 61 of...
DEMOREP1
DEMOREP1@...
Apr 14, 1998 2:06 am
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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, IH Farrow wrote: Ian: The real difficulty with MMP is not the "overhang mandate" that can mean additional politicians, but rather the fact...
Gary Swing
gwswing@...
Apr 14, 1998 3:28 pm
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Gary Swing writes in response to my comment: Ian: MMP is a fraud for voters since the only vote that really counts in the composition of the Parliament is the...
IH Farrow
ifarrow@...
Apr 15, 1998 1:29 am
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[2nd attempt] Gary Swing writes in response to my comment: Ian: MMP is a fraud for voters since the only vote that really counts in the composition of the...
IH Farrow
ifarrow@...
Apr 15, 1998 6:25 am
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Dear Ian Farrow, Thank you for commenting on my election plan. I will agree that MMP is merely a closed party list method. But, any election that is divided...
New Democracy
donald@...
Apr 15, 1998 11:57 am
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Regarding the terminology, perhaps a better description of the system often (erroneously) described as Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) might be Mixed Member...
IH Farrow
ifarrow@...
Apr 15, 1998 11:11 pm
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Gary, May we see a copy of your proposed MMP ballot initiative for Colorado? Thank you Donald...
New Democracy
donald@...
Apr 16, 1998 12:32 am
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Ian, I am interested in the Australian PR elections that use a number of multi-member constituencies. I would like to compare the party proportionality of the...
New Democracy
donald@...
Apr 16, 1998 12:26 pm
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... Sure. This should be correct. However, there is a small amount of strikeout text which will not appear as such in this format. The 1998 effort will most...
Gary Swing
gwswing@...
Apr 16, 1998 6:51 pm
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Donald Try the Proportional Representation Society of Australia WWW Home Page. http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~lee/prsa/index.html These guys are the 'real gurus' when...
IH Farrow
ifarrow@...
Apr 17, 1998 12:14 am
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DEMOREP suggested that I post the following information on Australian elections to this discussion group. Australia has Hare Clark PR for only some elections,...
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