On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:19:52 -0400 Michael Allan wrote:
Dave Ketchum wrote:
When there is a cycle (3 or more in a near tie) there could be demos
of whatever resolution procedures please someone.
I was never concerned with a final decision. I doubt these are in
your ballpark:
I see the Condorcet phantom as going thru the same motions as a real
primary or general election, but letting the real elections do the
nominating and pay no official attention to results of the phantom.
a) Time. Votes are shiftable. If electorate wants to be decisive,
they'll pull themselves into a consensus.
That the phantom votes would be shiftable because current counts should be
displayed during the voting/polling period does not make consensus exciting
to me.
I mentioned cycles because their resolution formulas are a hot topic and a
variety of examples could help thinking.
b) Principal election as the Condorcet completion (but I think Raph
or Kristofer has already suggested this)
And, of course, the counting arrays must be correct and visible.
They are visible in current alpha release of Votorola, but it's not
easy to verify their correctness. The plan is to support verification
in the beta, by disclosing raw electoral data and providing tools for
recounting.
Do need defense against one voter submitting multiple ballots - needs
thought.
Raph Frank wrote:
> You could try pre-registration. If you had enough money, you could
> send out invites to random people on the voting register...
So think, and do what is practical.
My thinking is that registrants can cross-authenticate using a trust
network. The downside is disclosure of residential addresses in
public. It'll be a slow grow, and biased at first. (Not sure it's
practical. Doing preliminary tests in Toronto, over the next few
months.)
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