>>Robt Bristow-Johnson: >>I disagree. However, we don't really know the how the mechanics of >>approval will work out in practice. >Abd Lomax: >Well, that's not entirely true. Approval Voting was used for hundreds >of years in Venice...
--well, it'd be interesting to see your reactions to my attempt to investigate this very question in the about 45 Pope elections via approval voting. I repeat the URL for the summary: http://rangevoting.org/PopeSummary.html and the stories http://rangevoting.org/PopeElectionStories.html Read 'em, you'll be amused, horrified, and freaked out probably. It's amazing the shenanigans they did. You can try to analyse alternate histories in many cases (what would have happened with voting system X instead?). -- Warren D. Smith http://RangeVoting.org <-- add your endorsement (by clicking "endorse" as 1st step) and math.temple.edu/~wds/homepage/works.html ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
