Re: [Election-Methods] elect the compromise

2007-09-03 Thread Jobst Heitzig
Dear Forest, Perhaps candidates should be required to publish their range ballots before the election, and their trading of assets should be required to be rational relative to these announced ratings? I had this idea, too. But upon closer inspection, it is not quite easy to define

[Election-Methods] MMPO: the best 'transitional' method?

2007-09-03 Thread Diego Renato
As a newbie in this list, I have no preference about the best voting method. I am aware that instinctively Condorcet criterion is desirable if consensus does not exist, but approval or range can produce good results too. However, based in Bucklin experiences in USA, I think that any method that

[Election-Methods] Important Decision on Voting Machines This Week - Urge House to Vote Yes on HR811

2007-09-03 Thread Kathy Dopp
- In case the folks on this list care about the integrity and accuracy of the vote counts too. The decision this week is monumental and could determine the fate of this country and the world. 9/3/2007 National Election Data Archive (NEDA) Park City, UT Friends, The Voter Confidence and

Re: [Election-Methods] MMPO: the best 'transitional' method?

2007-09-03 Thread Dave Ketchum
I LIKE Condorcet for its easy to state ranking, while permitting voters to state bullet and Approval desires conveniently. This combination makes sense to me for: In MANY elections there are only one or two front runners, and little interest in remaining candidates - so bullet voting

[Election-Methods] Later no harm confusion

2007-09-03 Thread Warren Smith
Diego Renato: I think that any method that violates later-no-harm (except asset voting) is likely to provide incentive to bullet vote and became a costly version of plurality. --REPLY: careful. 1. It has sometimes been claimed, falsely, that IRV, because it enjoys later no harm offers no

[Election-Methods] How does the Schulze Method and Ranking Pairs work?

2007-09-03 Thread John Wong
I was wondering, can someone can expliain to me how they how work? Also, can someone explain what is the Smith and Schwartz sets are. and how do we determine which? Thanks in advance. _ Discover sweet stuff waiting for you at the

Re: [Election-Methods] How does the Schulze Method and Ranking Pairs work?

2007-09-03 Thread Chris Benham
John, Have a look at the links. http://condorcet.org/ http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/Main_Page http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/Smith_set http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/Schwartz_set http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/Schulze_method http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/Ranked_Pairs