> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 22 November 2006 19:52 > In a message dated 11/22/06 12:11:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << In meetings, voting on multiple-answer questions is rare. >> > > Yes, but why? Because very, very few people -- probably > less than 1% of U.S. citizens, are familiar with voting > methods that can handle such questions in satisfactory > ways.
But maybe there is a simpler and more "natural" answer. When we have the opportunity, i.e. in a face-to-face meeting, we reframe the questions to avoid having to give such complicated answers. So we can break the multiple-choice down into a short sequence of "A or B" questions, each decided by a majority vote. (In my view, and in my experience, that is a much better approach to what, at first sight, can appear to be a multi-preference question.) We also see a similar approach in the rules for dealing with multiple amendments to the same motion. James Gilmour ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
