Re: [Election-Methods] voting research

2008-08-03 Thread Warren Smith
1. USUALLY it is EASY to find a BETTER-than-honesty strategy in IRV. This is not just me ranting. It is in fact a published theorem. Please post a citation of this published source others can find it. Thanks in advance. --see this: http://RangeVoting.org/ConitzerSmanipEasy.pdf -- Warren D.

Re: [Election-Methods] voting research

2008-08-03 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
Warren Smith wrote: --see this: http://RangeVoting.org/ConitzerSmanipEasy.pdf Oops, disregard the point I said about not being familiar of IRV manipulation. I cited the paper myself! Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info

Re: [Election-Methods] strategic voting and strategic nomination

2008-08-03 Thread James Gilmour
James Green-Armytage Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 1:10 AM Chris Benham [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In Ireland it is used to elect the President. The Irish lower house uses multi-winner STV. UK mayoral elections mostly use the Supplementary Vote. From Wikipedia: Ah, my mistake. Thank you

Re: [Election-Methods] voting research

2008-08-03 Thread Bob Richard
Kathy, I didn't write the comments you respond to below. I don't have any of the previous posts available to me so I can't look up who did. I'm also going to be away from email for tne next two weeks. --Bob Richard Kathy Dopp wrote: -- Message: 3 Date: Sat, 02