>> From: Tom Ruen >> Subject: Re: [EM] What would Tom impose, and how? >> I'm sorry, but when I'm advocating change, I'm >> imposing my views on others. I don't feel I have >> the right to demand two full votes for two >> candidates in a competitive elections if others >> complain that they only get one vote because they >> only have one favorite. >> Approval gives people 10 votes among 10 >> candidates, but denies people the right to put >> more than one vote per candidate. If approval were >> truly a single election, voters ought to be able >> to put all 10 votes anywhere, like cumulative >> voting. Why? >> If approval is considered 10 independent >> elections, then it is fair in that context. [...] So the nature of approval depends on how it's conceptualized? This is always a dead giveaway that the problem is a chimera.
