Re: Democracy in America Re: Villain of the Week

[Yanni Cooper]

"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
> 
> At 07:52 PM 12/3/00 -0500, Yanni wrote:
> >Well if you gave everyone a "for" vote and an "against" vote then A
> >would receive 33%, B would receive -1% and C would receive -32%. I don't
> >see why this couldn't work in the real election... I dunno I don't like
> >politics anyways.
> 
> That won't work for four-candidate elections.
Why not? Oh wait, for the same reason our current voting scheme doesn't
work for a 3+ candidate election.
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I cannot count them in a box        I cannot count them with a fox 
I cannot count them by computer     I will not with a Roto-Rooter 
I cannot count them card-by-card    I will not 'cause it's way too hard 
I cannot count them on my fingers   I will not while suspicion lingers. 
I'll leave the country in a jam     I can't count ballots, Sam-I-Am.