At the suggestion of someone who wrote me privately, I have one thing to add to my message:
2011/8/17 Jameson Quinn <[email protected]> > I have done a significant rewrite to the voting reform statement on Google > Docs<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oyJLxI9dciXBbowM5mougnbGHzkL3Ue1QkD8nnMwWLg/edit?hl=en_US>. > The new draft is pasted below. Please, go to the > doc<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oyJLxI9dciXBbowM5mougnbGHzkL3Ue1QkD8nnMwWLg/edit?hl=en_US>, > make any comments or > suggestions<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oyJLxI9dciXBbowM5mougnbGHzkL3Ue1QkD8nnMwWLg/edit?hl=en_US>, > and write your tentative "signature" (just name, spamproofed contact, and > credentials for now) at the bottom. Even if you can't sign on to the > statement<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oyJLxI9dciXBbowM5mougnbGHzkL3Ue1QkD8nnMwWLg/edit?hl=en_US>in > its current form, you can say > what changes you'd > want<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oyJLxI9dciXBbowM5mougnbGHzkL3Ue1QkD8nnMwWLg/edit?hl=en_US>before > signing. (Yes, all those links go to the same place. Subtle, no?) > > The significant changes to this draft are: > > * Does not talk about the EM list. I hope to get signatures from off-list > academics, *and you can help*. > * Does not discuss single-winner criteria, except to say that plurality > generally does poorly on all of them. > * Does not state that we agree that IRV is worse than the systems listed, > simply that some find it better than plurality and some do not. > * Includes a section on PR. > > The new draft is below *in my previous message*. Again, your direct edits > and suggestions are > welcome<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oyJLxI9dciXBbowM5mougnbGHzkL3Ue1QkD8nnMwWLg/edit?hl=en_US> > . The first three changes were not my ideas, but rather suggestions from someone else. My point is: you can participate in this effort. I will happily continue to push for a joint statement, even if it morphs into something very different from what I originally wrote. JQ
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