Re: [Election-Methods] My Short Anti-IRV Screed - Median voting

2008-08-06 Thread Stéphane Rouillon
Mr Bolson, this represents very well my comprehension. IRV is better than FPTP and it is almost all about it. The more choices there is, the greater the difference gets. Since the transfer of information from counted ballots can be done in proportion of n! datas (where n is the number of

[Election-Methods] [Fwd: Re: [RangeVoting] Why We Shouldn't Count Votes with Machines]

2008-08-06 Thread Dave Ketchum
Thank you! Shamos, while long, is well worth studying! Are there any useful responses? Which of the attempts you list at the end can legitimately claim to be a step ahead? DWK On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:50:17 -0400 Rick Carback wrote: The problem with hand counting is that it is not always clear

[Election-Methods] about IRV median voting (answers to Dopp, Roullon)

2008-08-06 Thread Warren Smith
1. Dopp wanted simple nonmonotone IRV elections examples. See http://rangevoting.org/Monotone.html and here is another: #voters Their Vote 8BAC 5CBA 4ACB If two of the BAC voters change their vote to ABC, that causes their true-favorite B to win under IRV. (If they vote