>D- I note again that changing votes is a very major election felony. But changing how you intend to vote, surely that's only a misdemenor. X, it later turns out, was going to lose. But then I decided to rank X last instead of first, and he won. No one has tampered with ballots. No one has peeked at the ballot-box. The rankings were reported after the election. It's better if the method's result doesn't react oppositely to a change in someone's vote. It's better if your car doesn't turn left when you turn the steering wheel to the right. >Hardly a surprise --- since changing starting conditions routinely can >change >the results But there's a difference between results that change in accordance with a vote change, and results that change oppositely to a vote change. > >In other words, a whole lot of the criteria floating around are quite >criminal --- (ballots changed- changed results, ballots removed- changed >results, ballots added- changed results). Arrest that undecided voter! Mike Ossipoff _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
