On 9.6.2011, at 11.23, Jameson Quinn wrote:

> 2011/6/8 robert bristow-johnson <[email protected]>

>  (this is worse than IRV.)   i (and i would hope that most intelligent 
> voters) do *not* want someone else voting for me in elections.
> 
> And in SODA, you and anyone else who feels that way can easily make sure it 
> doesn't happen. Why do you want to deny me and the people who feel like me 
> the right to

If we assume that it is ok to allow each voter to decide if he/she will 
delegate or not, there is still one smaller problem left. If the ballot would 
contain also option "I will delegate my vote to myself" then both paths would 
be in a rather similar position. Now those voters that do not want to delegate 
their vote (to others for further decisions on how the vote will influence the 
outcome of the election) have more limited choices (only fixed approvals) than 
those that delegate. Only the delegated votes may make further decisions based 
on the outcome of the first round and negotiations between the rounds. A voter 
that does not want to delegate may be interested in active participation in the 
second round too.

Juho






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