Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote: > Juho Laatu wrote: >> One approach is to use a candidate >> tree... > > One could also have a series of runoffs...
Instead of a "parallel of runoffs", which is the tree. > Fred's method could be used to select a single winner. Would you call it a > hierarchical proxy? ... (Likewise a tree. We both question whether this is in scope.) > ... There is somewhat of a proxy thought in that the > continuing candidates from each council "represent" the councils below, but > it's not as thorough or direct as with say, delegable proxy, because the > structure is fixed ... Unfixing it would yield a "continuous series of parallel runoffs", which is the delegable proxy - or "liquid democracy", or "delegate cascade". (Assuming this is in scope.) -- Michael Allan Toronto, 647-436-4521 http://zelea.com/ ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info