"Dr. Ernie Prabhakar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>For example, it seems to me that Robert's Rules explicitly require or
>assume a one-person/one-vote Plurality type of decision-making, and it
>thus (naively) inconsistent with rank-order voting. Is that a fair
>assessment? Further, that sort of winner-take-all result seems to lead
>to a sort of Duverger's effect on committees.
I suggest that any legislative body is free to take a non-binding ranked
vote on multiple options, tally it using pairwise comparisons, and then do
a traditional up-down vote on the Condorcet winner if one exists. I can't
imagine there being any serious legal barriers to such a practice.
James
----
Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
