Re: [EM] [Election-Methods] [english 94%] PR favoring racial minorities

2008-08-15 Thread raphfrk
of the current members at a lower 'price'. Also, if the legislature doesn't also decide the government, then there might not even be a fixed majority coalition. PS Anyone know a better free mail system that doesn't cause lots of ??? when I post to this group? Raphfrk Interesting

Re: [EM] [Election-Methods] Clarke taxes and group strategies

2008-08-15 Thread raphfrk
. This does break the optimal utility effect though. Raphfrk Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info

Re: [Election-Methods] Local representation

2008-07-17 Thread raphfrk
for write ins should keep the burden low enough. Raphfrk Interesting site what if anyone could modify the laws www.wikocracy.com ? Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info

Re: [Election-Methods] Matrix voting and cloneproof MMP questions

2008-07-08 Thread raphfrk
be an issue.? One option would be to share tax income out proportionally. Each member of the legislature could decide what ministries their share is allocated to. Tax cuts/raises are an even bigger issue.? Raphfrk Interesting site what if anyone could modify the laws

[Election-Methods] Fwd: Another Lottery Method for the Record

2008-06-30 Thread raphfrk
candidate eliminates a voter and then the eliminated voter eliminates the next one ? In a polarised 2-party setting, this would cause alternating eliminations ... which is probably a good thing. Raphfrk Interesting site what if anyone could modify the laws

Re: [Election-Methods] Dopp: 2. “Requires centr alized vote counting procedures at the state-leve l

2008-06-12 Thread raphfrk
is N-R-S In both cases, N, R and S are eliminated before Banotti. Thus it might look like contingent vote but is actually PR-STV (single seat). Raphfrk Interesting site what if anyone could modify the laws www.wikocracy.com

Re: [Election-Methods] Fwd: [LWVTopics] IRV Voting

2008-05-11 Thread raphfrk
From: Kathy Dopp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Comments below -- Forwarded message -- From:? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, May 10, 2008 at 7:22 AM Pathological scenarios can be constructed for all voting systems, including whatever ones Kathy may prefer to IRV. Diagrams from

Re: [Election-Methods] [english 95%] Re: [english 94%] Re: method design challenge+new method AMP

2008-05-04 Thread raphfrk
Jobst wrote: Dear Raphfrk,? it did not think through all you wrote yet, but one point troubles me:? Also, it is majority compliant. If a majority support a candidate first choice (i.e. first choice and nominate him), then he cannot lose.? If that is true, your method cannot

Re: [Election-Methods] [english 94%] Re: method design challenge +new method AMP

2008-05-03 Thread raphfrk
in the nominate column In the rank column, rank the candidates in order of your preference giving a rank of 1 to your least favourite, 2 to your next least favourite and so on You do not have to rank all the candidates and any you do not rank will be considered preferred to any ranked candidate Raphfrk

[Election-Methods] Approval based equal ranks in PR-STV and Meek's method

2008-05-02 Thread raphfrk
as he will be the first choice of all those voters. Raphfrk Interesting site what if anyone could modify the laws www.wikocracy.com AOL's new homepage has launched. Take a tour at http

[Election-Methods] Applying Yee diagrams to multi-seat election methods

2008-04-27 Thread raphfrk
In the single winner case, PR-STV is showing all the issues highlighted by Yee. However, it also shows up in the multi-winner case for certain inputs. Raphfrk Interesting site what if anyone could modify the laws www.wikocracy.com

Re: [Election-Methods] Is rangevoting.org down? (plus some questions on converting Range to Approval)

2008-04-16 Thread raphfrk
In the above example, it is a perfect tie, but there might be a way to get it to converge. Also, it doesn't use ratings at all and only considers the rankings. The last strategy would use ratings though. Raphfrk Interesting site what if anyone could modify the laws

Re: [Election-Methods] elect the compromise

2007-09-12 Thread raphfrk
achieves the above more directly.? Even without using the market itself to select the winner, trading on the market should make every voter indifferent to the outcome. Raphfrk Interesting site what if anyone could modify the laws www.wikocracy.com

Re: [Election-Methods] Challenge: Elect the compromise when there're only 2 factions

2007-08-30 Thread raphfrk
Seems there's something seriously broken with copy/paste on AIM mail. From: Jobst Heitzig [EMAIL PROTECTED] Democratic decision systems avoid the necessity of fighting to prove strength by assuming strength from numbers and making the necessary accomodations. In my opinion