> Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:14:12 +0000 (GMT) > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]
> Is DYN too complicated? If so, we are stuck with ordinary Approval or > ordinary Asset Voting. They are > the only choices simpler than DYN that dominate Plurality. > > Great analysis. I like the "uniformly better" concept. I agree with everything you said - very logical. Question: Wouldn't there be a third option that is uniformly better than plurality - an Approval/Asset hybrid? I.e. allow voters to rank only one candidate - then if that candidate loses, those voters who rank only one candidate transfer the right to their losing candidate to cast their vote for another candidate. Or if voters choose more than one candidate, their own extra approval votes are counted. Just a thought that might alleviate the problem that some Judges have found with some electoral methods on the basis of voters having unequal amount of votes if voters may choose either two candidates or one candidate and their candidate gets to cast their other vote, but I haven't really thought it through completely. It seems like in this case, an initial loser could end up the winner if enough of the asset votes were cast for that person. But it's probably not a good idea - just a passing thought. -- 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." Fundamentals of Verifiable Elections http://kathydopp.com/wordpress/?p=174 Realities Mar Instant Runoff Voting http://electionmathematics.org/ucvAnalysis/US/RCV-IRV/InstantRunoffVotingFlaws.pdf View some of my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1451051 ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
