On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Dave Ketchum<[email protected]> wrote: > I assume more cooperation than this.
I think we are talking "orthogonally". The NPV plan is that some of the States enter into a compact, and then they vote their EC votes as a single unit. You can reasonably assume that the compact States will conform to an agreed way of announcing their results. However, you can't assume that non-compact States will be helpful. One option is to just exclude non-compact States from participating, so they either join the compact or they no longer influence who wins the Presidency. A more reasonable option is that you make an attempt to incorporate the votes from the other States. You could say that any State who won't provide a condorcet matrix of its results in some form is excluded from the final tally. Is that what you are proposing? Personally, I think it would be better if the compact just had rules for conversion into a matrix from a reasonable set of voting methods. This also allows the States in the compact to use different methods. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
