I must be doing something right if I'm getting criticized from both sides! :) I still don't think the IRV-supporters are the enemy. Plurality w/o runoff is enemy #1. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MIKE OSSIPOFF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 3:17 AM Subject: Re: [EM] Unranked IRV versus Approval - divergent winners exist! > > > > Ok, there's no getting through to Tom or Don on this issue. > > What this shows is that, with so many ways to count ranked ballots, > lots of people will be confused about it, and there's a good chance > that we'll end up with a rank-count, IRV in particular, that's nowhere > near as good as Approval. > > That's why, if IRVies will be involved in a particular choice of > voting systems for some jurisdiction, Approval is most likely a better > proposal than Condorcet or any rank method, because the IRVies will > get their meritless rank-count rule enacted if we don't offer alternatives > to rank-balloting. > > Approval or CR, that is. Let's do polling, asking people which of those > they'd be more inclined to vote "yes" on, in an enactment initiative. > > And, where IRVies are involved, let's not try to enact a good rank > method. > > Mike Ossipoff > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
