See below. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Lanphier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 2:08 AM > To: Paul Kislanko > Cc: 'MIKE OSSIPOFF'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Why truncation resistance is important (RE: [EM] Re: > Rob: MDDA vsBeatpathWinner) > > On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 21:30 -0500, Paul Kislanko wrote: > > All of the gobblydegoog aside, to Rob - we don't care what > you want, us > > voters want to NOT have to rank all altertantives. I want > to list only the > > ones I find acceptable in the order I prefer them. Any method that > > "encourages" me to rank all alterntatives whether I know > anything about them > > or care about them will just encourage me to not vote. > > Paul, > > Here's the problem with that philosophy. Let's say there are three > credible front-runners: "mediocre", "bad" and "worse".
OK, let's say that my candidate is none of those. I do not want to vote for "mediocre", "bad", or "worse". I do not want to even think about them. And I might not rank them in that order, preferring the candidates I consider "best, better, and good". ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
