> On Jan 25, 2009, at 12:40 AM, Juho Laatu wrote: > > What I mean is that it may quite OK > > to assume that people are able to > > find some preference order when > > voting. And therefore we can force > > them to do so.
How can any such coercion be compatible with participation in a democracy? It is surely an infringement of my human rights to force me to express "preferences" I do not have. As a prisoner, I might confess to almost anything under torture (I don't know - I have never been tested, thank goodness), but I thought this was about voting in public elections in a democracy? > Jonathan Lundell > Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 10:21 PM > If we regard the preference order as list of contingent choices (this > view has come up in IRV discussions), then the ability to vote in a > plurality election implies the ability to produce such a list, ...... Preferences in IRV elections are contingency choices, but I do not see why the ability to pick one winner from the set on offer in a plurality election in any way implies that I have the ability to produce an ordered list of preferences for those candidates who are not my favourite. All I need to know for the plurality election is "they are not my favourite" - I do not need to have any preferences among the non-favourite sub-set. James No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.13/1914 - Release Date: 24/01/2009 20:40 ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
