Today, I got a copy of the book Mike Ossipoff qouted as saying that the City of Marquette, WI, used Nanson's method in the 1920's, and I can now confirm that Mike did, in fact, slightly misquote that passage. The quoted sentence about Marquette should read:
"The only place where this system is used for public elections, so far as we know, is the city of Marquette, Michigan." Whereas Mike wrote "Wisconsin" in place of "Michigan": http://groups.yahoo.com/group/election-methods-list/message/10774 --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Markus Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Mike, > > I guess that you still have access to the same copy of > "Proportional Representation" by Hoag and Hallett where > you have read about Nanson in Wisconsin. When you re-read > this copy, does it still mention Marquette, Wisconsin? > > Markus Schulze --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Markus Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Alex, > > you wrote (20 Jan 2003): > > Mike Ossipoff wrote (20 Jan 2003): > > > Nanson was used in Wisconsin for a while. So far as I know, > > > the only Condorcet Criterion method ever used in public > > > political elections. > > > > When was this? For what elections? I'm originally from > > Wisconsin. I'm curious why it was adopted and why it was > > abandoned. Anyway, if you can point me to a reference (be > > it on the web or from a library) that would be great. > > Hoag and Hallett wrote (Clarence Gilbert Hoag, George Hervey > Hallett, "Proportional Representation," MacMillan Company, New > York, page 491, 1926): > > The Nanson system gives the voter an opportunity of expressing > > as many choices as he pleases, the form of ballot recommended > > being like that used for the single transferable vote. But the > > rules for transfer provided under the single transferable vote > > are replaced under the Nanson system by rules for deducing the > > result arithmetically from the figures marked on all the ballots. > > The only place where this system is used for public elections, > > so far as we know, is the city of Marquette, Michigan. There > > it is applied to the election of all city officials. Wakefield, > > Michigan, also adopted it, but has never used it because of > > doubts as to its constitutionality. > > Markus Schulze Steve Barney Richard M. Hare, 1919 - 2002, In Memoriam: <http://www.petersingerlinks.com/hare.htm>. Did you know there is an web site where, if you click on a button, the advertisers there will donate 2 1/2 cups of food to feed hungry people in places where there is a lot of starvation? See: <http://www.thehungersite.com>. ---- For more information about this list (subscribe, unsubscribe, FAQ, etc), please see http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/em
