Hi! I hope this post gets put in the right thread. 1. I live in Sweden, but am
interested in voting systems all over the world.2. I do not do twitter - I
detest trying to shoehorn complex ideas into 150 characters. I do not even read
twitter.3. I think that plurality is the worst possible of the voting systems
that do not involve randomness, except for antiplurality voting.4. I have been
checking in the electowiki archives once in a blue moon for some time, and
finally decided to subscribe.5. I follow another discussion board, which has a
"politics" subfolder. In it, board members (who were attracted to the board not
due to its politics, but due to it being the by far larget discussion board
covering its topic, a sport) discuss politics, usually from an American POV.
The board members would from time to time lament on this or that pathology of
the US. political system. I, as one of the few board members from a country
that uses proportional representation, pointed out - repeatedly - that they
were due to the pathologies inherent of FPTP, and the behaviors that it
engenders among the politicians who work within its framework. I wrote about
other election systems, their characteristics, and different types of
pathologies as a public education mission. I had very limited sucess in getting
people to think in new ways, which frustrated me greatly. Considering that the
sport that the discussion board is all about strongly selects for brains (dumb
people simply can not get any more than quite limited success in the sport, no
matter how good physical specimens they are), this made me even more
disheartened. I have therefore decided to greatly tone down my public education
efforts on that board, and to find a hopefully more receptive group of
people.6. I am interested in all sorts of voting systems, though single-winner
more that multiwinner. I am also planning to present an idea on a voting system
for TV voting events that is resistant to multiple-voting efforts by fans that
phone in many times, without the system having to indentify the voters who
vote/phone in multiple times. I also have a bunch of other ideas on various
voting system topics that I am planning to put up on the board so that fresh
eyes can tear them down if they have any holes in them that I have
overlooked.7. I have not seen any (not that I have looked for it all that
studiously) FAQ being reposted. What is the best way of knowing whether a topic
has been flogged to death before one posts on it yet again?
Yours,
Nordic Voting Nerd
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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 05:08:26 -0600
Subject: Re: [EM] Newbie to the list here
To: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
I don't believe there is a standard way to introduce yourself, yet; but I think
there should be. So: welcome to the list! What I'd like to know about you and
other newbies is:-What country or countries are you involved in?
-What's your twitter handle if any? (Mine, for voting-related matters, is
bettercount_us).-Any comments on your positions on voting methods? Favorite
method, more interested in single/multi winner, more interested in rated/ranked
methods, etc.
Jameson
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