Re: [EM] Feeling left out in Sefton

2008-09-30 Thread Fred Gohlke
Good Morning, Michael Thank you for that. If I made my presentation in a way that could be misunderstood, the error is mine. If you misunderstood, others will too, and that's a flaw in the presentation. I appreciate your gracious offer of a truce, but deeply regret conducting myself in a

[EM] Fw: Range-Approval hybrid

2008-09-30 Thread Chris Benham
Chris Benham wrote: I  have an idea for a  FBC complying method  that  I think is clearly better  than the version of  Range Voting (aka  Average Rating or Cardinal Ratings)  defined and promoted by  CRV.   http://rangevoting.org/   I suggest that voters use multi-slot ratings ballots that

Re: [EM] the 'who' and the 'what' - trying again

2008-09-30 Thread Michael Allan
Dave Ketchum wrote: When there is a cycle (3 or more in a near tie) there could be demos of whatever resolution procedures please someone. I was never concerned with a final decision. I doubt these are in your ballpark: a) Time. Votes are shiftable. If electorate wants to be decisive,

Re: [EM] Geographical districts

2008-09-30 Thread Stéphane Rouillon
Can't the municipal level respond to the preocupations of these geographically defined communities and the national/provincial/federal level answer to other considerations? From: Jonathan Lundell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: 'Election Methods Mailing List' [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[EM] the 'who' and the 'what' - phantom equivalences

2008-09-30 Thread Michael Allan
Functional Equivalences between Public (Parallel Phantom) and Administrative Electoral Systems * Functionally Qualifier (as phantom) Equivalent to --- -- - 1 Party primaryHas no connection to any

Re: [EM] Geographical districts

2008-09-30 Thread James Gilmour
Stéphane Rouillon Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:27 PM Can't the municipal level respond to the preocupations of these geographically defined communities and the national/provincial/federal level answer to other considerations? This reflects a delightfully detached view of politics

Re: [EM] the 'who' and the 'what' - trying again

2008-09-30 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:19:52 -0400 Michael Allan wrote: Dave Ketchum wrote: When there is a cycle (3 or more in a near tie) there could be demos of whatever resolution procedures please someone. I was never concerned with a final decision. I doubt these are in your ballpark: I see the

Re: [EM] Fw: Range-Approval hybrid

2008-09-30 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
Chris Benham wrote: Yes. I suggest that those not rated should be interpreted as disapproved and bottom-most rated. Those candidates rated zero should be considered to be half-approved. Candidate X's approval opposition to Y should be X's approval score (including of course the half-approvals)