> > > Dave Ketchum wrote: > > NOT true, for the vote, without the voter's vote, could be a tie - and > > the voter's vote mattering. > > That notion of effect has several drawbacks: >
...all of which merely serve to minimize its practical importance, not to assail its mathematical validity. > ... But if we (this is my > hope) can cogently demonstrate this failing to the experts in this > list, especially in terms of the voting mechanisms they understand so > well, then they will be more open to drawing the larger conclusions > that seem so obvious to you and me, and I daresay others in this list. I've been trying to avoid entering this sub-thread, as I think it's mostly angels-on-pinheads stuff, but if you actually have a point, I suggest you make it, rather than portentiously musing on how it depends on a supposedly-proven, but still-debated claim. Jameson Quinn
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