On 11/10/2012 9:18 AM, Michael Ossipoff wrote: > If there is a voting system that can be enacted at national level, = = = = =
[Ken B.] Unless something's changed recently, there's no national voting system now and never has been in the USA. [endquote] No one said otherwise, if you mean a federally-decreed national voting system. But Plurality is certainly effectively the national voting system. And it's probably no co-incidence that the national voting system is also the method best able to keep on electing two unliked parties forever at Myerson-Weber equilibrium. Ken B. continued: Voting methods and election rules are set at the state and local level. [endquote] Federal law and the Constitution have some authority too. Ken B. asked: You'd need an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to create a national voting system, wouldn't you? [endquote] Go for it. But don't hold your breath. My point was that Republocrat officeholders are not at all motivated to change the voting system. Mike Ossipoff ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
