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For example, one of the problems with a world democratic government
is that it will transfer
power to countries (or at least their citizens) which are not
currently very powerful. This
means that powerful countries will resist any such change (and
rightly so).
Warren D Smith
--Australia makes rank ordering all candidates on all races,
compulsory for every voter
(and voting also is compulsory). So it can be done.In fairness, the Australian system is not very fair. It basically
collapses to the closed party list system as people are given
a
(I sent this yesterday morning, but unfortunately I cut and pasted
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyway, it still seems on-topic.)
I read through Rivest-TheThreeBallotVotingSystem.pdf, and I was
wondering one thing. It says:
To vote FOR a candidate, you must fill in exactly two
On Sat, 30 Sep 2006, Warren Smith wrote:
B.Olson:
The down side is that since this directly accomplishes summation of the
ratings, per-ballot-rating methods such as IRNR and raking-derivation to
Borda or Condorcet/VRR are not possible [with 3ballot].
--well, whether this is a down side
Hi, Warren, and thanks for your response.
The inconvenience might be the real killer obstacle here.--true..
definitely a worry.
--Australia makes rank ordering all candidates on all races,
compulsory for every voter (and voting also is compulsory).
Good point. I hadn't thought of that.
At 08:49 PM 10/1/2006, Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
I'm talking about marking the ballot by filling in bubbles, not
by scribbling on it. There may be enough down-ballot contests in
many elections (at least in the U. S.) that the vote-buyer could
instruct a voter to create a distinct pattern of filled
On 10/1/06, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 08:49 PM 10/1/2006, Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
I'm talking about marking the ballot by filling in bubbles, not
by scribbling on it. There may be enough down-ballot contests in
many elections (at least in the U. S.) that the vote-buyer could
