On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Raph Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Kathy Dopp <[email protected]> wrote: >> Abd ul, I agree with virtually all you say that I had time to read, >> but would prefer party list voting over asset voting simply because it >> forces the #1 elector, as you put it, to state in advance who he will >> nominate with any excess votes and also in some systems gives the >> voters a chance to vote for changes in the order of the list. This >> gives options to those voters who are well-informed that asset voting >> does not. > > Party list systems only allow one list per party. This means that the > number 1 candidate will be the party leader. > > I would prefer each candidate being able to submit his own list, there > is also the tree system. >
Raph, Yes I like that idea also. The list system I was thinking of allows voters to vote to alter the list order, but I think I like your idea better that voters can vote for whatever candidate and that candidate's list they like, simply one vote. A great proportional representation system, although I don't think there would be room on the ballot for all those lists, so I suppose they could be published in advance and in the polling locations. -- Kathy Dopp http://electionmathematics.org Town of Colonie, NY 12304 "One of the best ways to keep any conversation civil is to support the discussion with true facts." Realities Mar Instant Runoff Voting http://electionmathematics.org/ucvAnalysis/US/RCV-IRV/InstantRunoffVotingFlaws.pdf Voters Have Reason to Worry http://utahcountvotes.org/UT/UtahCountVotes-ThadHall-Response.pdf Checking election outcome accuracy http://electionmathematics.org/em-audits/US/PEAuditSamplingMethods.pdf ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
