... Good suggestions. ... The question is how to best represent the scale of zero to three, and how to make the best use of it. We want to maximize voter...
Forest Simmons
fsimmons@...
Oct 1, 2001 8:29 pm
8205
... I anxiously look forward when the lamb can safely dwell with the lion. Meanwhile, how can we make the best use of our limited equipment?...
Forest Simmons
fsimmons@...
Oct 1, 2001 8:42 pm
8206
... That depends on the thinker. ... I like this point. It helps explain why every Condorcet Method satisfies the "Humble Consistency Criterion." ... What are...
Forest Simmons
fsimmons@...
Oct 1, 2001 8:42 pm
8207
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 11:59:47 -0700 (PDT) ... The fact that it doesn't allow enough ballot expression to determine if one candidate has a majority of first...
Blake Cretney
bcretney@...
Oct 2, 2001 12:28 am
8208
fsimmons@... wrote in part - What are the counter-intuitive results of Approval? ... D- A *real* first choice can lose (if rankings were being used). 48 A ...
DEMOREP1@...
Oct 2, 2001 12:54 am
8209
Here's a pro-IRV propaganda site I don't think I'd seen before: http://www.calirv.org/ and their FAQ: http://www.calirv.org/about/faq.htm Note in the FAQ that...
Richard Moore
rmoore4@...
Oct 2, 2001 1:56 am
8210
In my previous post I gave a definition for linear methods. I don't recall any previous discussions of linearity on this list, though it seems like a natural...
Richard Moore
rmoore4@...
Oct 2, 2001 1:56 am
8211
Very well done!...
Forest Simmons
fsimmons@...
Oct 2, 2001 3:15 am
8212
... Thanks. I was wondering about my definition for the monotonicity criterion: It seems right but it's limited to methods that base the result on numerical...
Richard Moore
rmoore4@...
Oct 2, 2001 6:19 am
8213
... Isn't that a bit like saying that death is inevitable, therefore disease is immaterial? The situation you're describing, where some voters don't care about...
Bart Ingles
bartman@...
Oct 4, 2001 6:40 am
8214
Quick question: Is it possible for a method based purely on ranked ballots to be both clone-independent and nonmonotonic? In particular, can anyone come up ...
Rob LeGrand
honky1998@...
Oct 5, 2001 3:46 am
8215
This one looks interesting... ... [...]...
Bart Ingles
bartman@...
Oct 5, 2001 4:47 am
8216
... I don't suppose anyone is turning blue while waiting for my answer. :)...
Bart Ingles
bartman@...
Oct 6, 2001 6:14 am
8217
... If there is, it would probably have to use more than the rankings shown below. Consider the following two examples, both of which fit the ... Example 1: ...
Bart Ingles
bartman@...
Oct 6, 2001 6:44 am
8218
... But you don't show why the AC voters would WANT to vote this way. Assuming the three voters prefer A to C, your example above is equivalent to a ranked...
Bart Ingles
bartman@...
Oct 6, 2001 8:18 am
8219
Dear Rob, ... When there are no ties (for candidate with fewest number of actual first preferences), then IRV is clone-independent. Whether IRV is ...
Markus Schulze
markus.schulze@...
Oct 6, 2001 7:21 pm
8220
... bartman@... wrote- But you don't show why the AC voters would WANT to vote this way. Assuming the three voters prefer A to C, your example above is...
DEMOREP1@...
Oct 7, 2001 2:36 pm
8221
15. Publication: "Political Parties and Democracy" National Endowment for Democracy's International Forum for Democratic Studies will shortly publish a book,...
DEMOREP1@...
Oct 11, 2001 10:34 pm
8222
... Approval is definitely the best use of plurality ballots and ballot processing equipment. And so far, nobody has made a convincing case that it would be...
Forest Simmons
fsimmons@...
Oct 12, 2001 1:07 am
8223
States with voter petitions for state constitutional amendments. Total President Votes, Nov. 2000 Low to High 288256 ND 316269 SD 410986 MT 609426 NV ...
DEMOREP1@...
Oct 12, 2001 3:59 am
8224
... D- The U.S.A. gross domestic product was about $ 10.2 Trillion (repeat Trillion) dollars in Apr-Jun 2001 (annual rate, seasonally adjusted) or about ...
DEMOREP1@...
Oct 12, 2001 4:31 am
8225
Make ballots, not war!...
Forest Simmons
fsimmons@...
Oct 12, 2001 4:47 pm
8226
Here's something worth checking into. Forest ... Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 09:12:30 -0400 From: "Steven J. Brams" <steven.brams@...> To: Dudley Herschbach...
Forest Simmons
fsimmons@...
Oct 17, 2001 11:44 pm
8227
Another election book (gathering dust ???)-- Topics in Social Choice Sophisticated Voting, Efficacy, and Proportional Representation By Dan S. Felsenthal ...
DEMOREP1@...
Oct 19, 2001 1:38 am
8228
Pending computerized voting --- a low tech proxy proportional representation election method. [variable in brackets] Sec. 1. (a) Each legislative body...
DEMOREP1@...
Oct 20, 2001 4:06 am
8229
Hello, everyone! This is my first posting in at least seven months, so let me first re-introduce myself before briefly reviewing some EM publications that I ...
Joe Weinstein
jweins123@...
Oct 21, 2001 8:55 am
8230
Hybrid Beats-All/Approval v. Straight Approval. Forest Simmons has asked (Archive message 8222, 'Re: two bit ratings', 11 Oct 2001) whether the public might...
Joe Weinstein
jweins123@...
Oct 21, 2001 9:16 am
8231
... Excellent way to put it! That's why I see Forest's CR pairwise method (see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/election-methods-list/message/8008) as the...
Rob LeGrand
honky98@...
Oct 23, 2001 1:13 am
8232
Hi, congrats on your hiking and climbing exploits. ... Rob LeGrand would argue that if A won the election, the larger faction would regret that they voted...
Forest Simmons
fsimmons@...
Oct 23, 2001 1:14 am
8233
Low Tech Proxy P.R. Method- Party Variant, 22 Oct 2001 Demorep1@... Pending computerized voting --- a low tech proxy proportional representation election...
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