> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:58:29 +0000 (GMT) > From: Kevin Venzke <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [EM] Why I think IRV isn't a serious alternative 2 > > Hi, > > --- En date de?: Dim 14.12.08, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[email protected]> a > ?crit?: >> > >> That's not very generous. I can think of >> a couple of defenses. One would >> > >> be to point out that it is necessitated by >> the other criteria that IRV >> > >> satisfies. All things being equal, I consider >> LNHarm more desirable than >> > >> monotonicity, for instance.
Abd ul, That is about the strangest position I've seen you take on any subject because it is equivalent to saying that it is more important for a voting method not to hurt my lower choice candidates than my first choice candidates. I.e. Monotonicity is, briefly stated, "first no harm". So you are saying that you don't want a voter's second choice to hurt the voter's first choice, but you don't mind if the voter's first choice hurts the voter's first choice. I find that position to be very bizarre. Cheers, Kathy Dopp The material expressed herein is the informed product of the author's fact-finding and investigative efforts. Dopp is a Mathematician, Expert in election audit mathematics and procedures; in exit poll discrepancy analysis; and can be reached at P.O. Box 680192 Park City, UT 84068 phone 435-658-4657 http://utahcountvotes.org http://electionmathematics.org http://electionarchive.org http://kathydopp.com/serendipity/ How to Audit Election Outcome Accuracy http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/paper-audits/VoteCountAuditBillRequest.pdf History of Confidence Election Auditing Development & Overview of Election Auditing Fundamentals http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/paper-audits/History-of-Election-Auditing-Development.pdf Voters Have Reason to Worry http://utahcountvotes.org/UT/UtahCountVotes-ThadHall-Response.pdf ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
