Forest Simmons said: > At the opposite end of the voter sovereignty spectrum we have the > Electoral College, the Speaker of the House, and the Supreme Court > variously choosing the President in various situations.
I was actually thinking about your method in terms of the Electoral College. Continuing support for the EC is based in part on Political Ancestor Worship. Proxy Approval might be sold to some crowds as an improved version of the EC: "Go back the wise intent of the Founders: That the President be chosen by the deliberations of distinguished citizens, trusted by the people for this important decision." This may or may not be an accurate portrayal of the Founders' intent, but it is definitely a view commonly held by advocates of the EC. (If you read the right, or wrong, websites, you'll also learn that the Founders had a divine premonition that a liberal might win the popular vote some day, so they wisely entrusted disproportionate power to rural areas...) > Do you think I should apply for an intellectual property rights patent? One can patent election methods? If so, then definitely patent Majority Choice Approval! Alex ---- For more information about this list (subscribe, unsubscribe, FAQ, etc), please see http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/em
