elm isn't working right now, and pine doesn't have a "To:" line. This shell account's pine program doesn't have one. At least it has a Cc line this time, so I'm lucky. I'm forwarding this to the list via the Cc line. I hope it works. On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Mike Ositoff wrote: > Another suggestion I'd made was another voter option, > a little more elaborate than the "circular tie option", but > more effective in getting rid of strategy need: > > The voter could have the option of indicating an ordering > of candidates separate from his ranking; it would be his > version of the candidates' ordering on a 1-dimensional > policy space, like the political spectrum. > > If there's a circular tie, and if everyone in the tie has > a majority against them, and if voters voted inconsistentlyw > with that voter's dimensional ordering, and if the tie > wouldn't have occurred otherwise, then the automatic > punitive action would be taken by the election computer. > If the winner is a candidate whose voters caused the tie byk > their voting inconsistant with the dimensional ordering, then > the voter who specified that ordering would want that candidate > dropped from his ranking, and that's what the count computer > would do, to comply with that option. > > Maybe someone an improve that. > > Mike > >
