Juho Laatu wrote: > (I limit the scope of discussion to > single-winner elections, and exlude > primaries and other party internal > candidate selection and hierarchical > proxy based methods.) > > . . . > > One approach is to use a candidate > tree where the votes (to individual > candidates) are summed up in all > the branches to see which branch, > sub-branch and candidate wins. > This would allow very high number > of candidates.
Is this approach in scope? A tree is a hierarchical structure, and its nodes are proxies. > From: Fred Gohlke <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [EM] language/framing quibble > > > > My purpose is to devise a practical method of asking the > > people of Owego who they want as their mayor. Fred Gohlke's approach would also be out of scope. Practical Democracy is tree based. It is also (emphatically) a primary. -- Michael Allan Toronto, 647-436-4521 http://zelea.com/ ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
