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9857	... I'd like to generalize Alex's example by giving a simple geometric argument why a sincere cyclic tie can occur in the electorate. For simplicity, I will...	Tarr, Adam ADAM.H.TARR@...	Jul 1, 2002 3:08 pm
9858	Adam- I like your geometric proof. However, I'm rusty on geometry. For a given triangle, will the perpendicular bisectors of its 3 sides always meet at a ...	Alex Small asmall@...	Jul 1, 2002 6:39 pm
9859	Donald has claimed that using the Condorcet criterion is inherently prejudicial, since only methods in the Condorcet family can comply. However, there's also a...	Alex Small asmall@...	Jul 1, 2002 6:43 pm
9860	... Check out "Making Multicandidate Elections More Democratic" Samuel Merrill, III Princeton University Press, 1988 You might be able to find a used copy, or...	Bart Ingles bartman@...	Jul 1, 2002 8:28 pm
9861	First of all, I call it pairwise-count, because "Condorcet" properly applies to Condorcet's own proposals for solving circular ties. IRV-completed...	MIKE OSSIPOFF nkklrp@...	Jul 2, 2002 1:47 am
9862	... Yes. ... I hadn't really thought about it; you could probably make an argument for either euclidean or taxicab geometry. But as you say, it makes no ...	Tarr, Adam ADAM.H.TARR@...	Jul 2, 2002 2:33 pm
9863	... As Craig Layton has affirmed more than once, the elections in Australia that make use of ranked ballots have resulted in most voters either voting above...	Forest Simmons fsimmons@...	Jul 3, 2002 12:45 am
9864	... Dave replied: WRONG, TWICE: [...] Yes, though I knew that boards of supervisors are usually elected the same way, I for some reason forgot which way that...	MIKE OSSIPOFF nkklrp@...	Jul 3, 2002 1:22 am
9865	A few months ago we discussed the SVM and the Strong Favorite Betrayal Criterion. I haven't solved the problem of Strong FBC, but I have some thoughts on the...	Alex Small asmall@...	Jul 5, 2002 10:27 pm
9866	Earlier I said that the machine should be deterministic. The one exception would have to be when applying an election method to assigned strategies yields an...	Alex Small asmall@...	Jul 5, 2002 11:22 pm
9867	When I brought up Nash equilibrium here, I suggested that, for public elections, the following is a straightforward definition, in keeping with the intent of...	MIKE OSSIPOFF nkklrp@...	Jul 8, 2002 6:42 am
9868	... I'd say that you should replace "no group of voters having the same candidate-utilities" with "no group of voters having the same preference orders." If I...	Alex Small asmall@...	Jul 8, 2002 8:02 pm
9869	... I don't remember what I wrote about this. I might have questioned its practical meaning, but certainly in a theoretical context, like Alex's Small Voting...	Richard Moore rmoore4@...	Jul 9, 2002 8:00 am
9870	Hello all, I've been trying to catch up on the highlights of controversies past in regard to voting methods. I personally find the Condorcet methods ...	Stephanie Finney sfinney@...	Jul 10, 2002 11:59 am
9871	While waiting for my car to be worked on yesterday I pulled out a notepad and worked on the (theoretical) possibility of a machine that 1) Looks at each...	Alex Small asmall@...	Jul 10, 2002 7:46 pm
9872	[I tried to post this about a week ago, but it was returned from EM, and so I'm re-posting it] Suppose there are no 2 candidates who seem almost sure to be the...	MIKE OSSIPOFF nkklrp@...	Jul 15, 2002 6:38 am
9873	Pretend for a moment that you are an ordinary citizen with very little knowledge of probability theory, and you are supposed to vote an approval ballot. There...	Forest Simmons fsimmons@...	Jul 16, 2002 11:47 pm
9874	In numerous studies repeated at academic institutions around the world, coin toss studies, even allowing for the highly contentious "ignore-coin-if-you-want"...	Narins, Josh josh.narins@...	Jul 17, 2002 1:04 pm
9875	For an Approval electoral contest, Forest Simmons notes that the average citizen, when undecided on a given candidate and not motivated to do further research...	Joe Weinstein jweins123@...	Jul 17, 2002 9:06 pm
9876	I could see how a coin toss strategy might actually be preferred by a nearly indifferent voter who suspects he or she has been influenced more by campaign...	Bart Ingles bartman@...	Jul 18, 2002 3:39 am
9877	Josh wrote: In numerous studies repeated at academic institutions around the world, coin toss studies, even allowing for the highly contentious ...	MIKE OSSIPOFF nkklrp@...	Jul 18, 2002 5:34 am
9878	... A much more relevant study would compare coin tossing with and without the "ignore-on-a-hunch" option. In other words, once you have done all of the...	Forest Simmons fsimmons@...	Jul 18, 2002 10:35 pm
9879	I do believe in the power of gut feelings. I do agree that razor-edge voting decisions can and should be made by gut feelings (better to trust your own...	Alex Small asmall@...	Jul 18, 2002 11:10 pm
9880	Dear Alex, Mathematicians have studied something called two person zero-sum games. What one player wins the other player loses. For some such games the best...	Joseph Malkevitch joeyc@...	Jul 18, 2002 11:32 pm
9881	Alex raises interesting points on two topics: coin-toss strategy; and Communist Russia. Alex writes: 'The suggestion of "toss a coin, and go with your gut if...	Joe Weinstein jweins123@...	Jul 19, 2002 2:19 am
9882	Let's not give opponents an opportunity to get away with saying that Approval differs from Plurality in requiring random voting. If someone would flip a coin...	MIKE OSSIPOFF nkklrp@...	Jul 19, 2002 7:16 pm
9883	I hope this posts better than it appears on this screen, with the lines messed up. ... Richard replied: [...] [Where F is the number of factions, and each...	MIKE OSSIPOFF nkklrp@...	Jul 19, 2002 8:26 pm
9884	Richard objected that my definition of voting Nash equilibrium isn't useful for public elections because members of a faction don't all have exactly the same...	MIKE OSSIPOFF nkklrp@...	Jul 19, 2002 9:48 pm
9885	... Voters can team with other voters in any number of ways, but they have to be cognizant of the other voters and in communication with them. If a voter John...	Richard Moore rmoore4@...	Jul 20, 2002 2:12 am
9886	I'm so grateful for this list. The fact that there are other electoral methods thinkers and activists out there besides the Greens and CVD was a blessing. I ...	Douglas Greene douggreene@...	Jul 23, 2002 4:41 pm

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