Re: [Election-Methods] Another Lottery Method for the Record

2008-07-01 Thread Fred Gohlke
Good Morning, Jonathan Thank you very much for explaining the purpose of the process. Except for mentioning my preference for a series of very small, randomly chosen groups of people (3) selecting the person they believe best represents their interest, a process that focuses on positives

Re: [Election-Methods] USING Condorcet

2008-07-01 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi Brian, (Sorry to everyone I haven't been responding to. My computer died and I'm still trying to recover.) --- En date de : Lun 30.6.08, Brian Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : De: Brian Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet: Re: [Election-Methods] USING Condorcet À: Election Methods Mailing List

Re: [Election-Methods] USING Condorcet

2008-07-01 Thread Juho
On Jul 1, 2008, at 16:37 , Kevin Venzke wrote: --- En date de : Lun 30.6.08, Brian Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : It's worth rating everyone because if you wind up not getting any of the ones you 'approve of' you can still have some say in which of the rest of them you get. I don't

Re: [Election-Methods] USING Condorcet

2008-07-01 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi Juho, --- En date de : Mar 1.7.08, Juho [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : De: Juho [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't entirely agree. I would rank below my strategically-determined approval cutoff (if I suppose the same election could be held also under Approval), but I wouldn't rank that much

Re: [Election-Methods] USING Condorcet

2008-07-01 Thread Dave Ketchum
Saying it more carefully: When ranking another candidate, this means giving the same rank to all the equally best liked among those considered. There can always be another pass at ranking, so it is never necessary to include a candidate just because they must get ranked. Whenever

Re: [Election-Methods] USING Condorcet

2008-07-01 Thread Juho
Ok, election with three candidates only is the most risky from burial point of view since then it is easy to identify the relative position of different candidates (one winner (A), one loser but powerful enough to try the strategy (B), one loser that is weak enough to be used for burial