Raph Frank wrote:
True, it was just an approx.
P(N) N+1
is probably more accurate :p, but gives less info.
Oh you mathematicians, your equations evaporate!
Maybe, it would work better if it was a sum or some kind. The value
function is unlikely to be equal for everyone.
Except that
On 9/20/08, Michael Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Variant acts may be proposed. Variant acts are acts that differ from
the originally proposed act. When a variant act is proposed, the
participants do not gain another vote to cast. Instead they gain a
choice of which act to cast their
On 9/21/08, Michael Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To compete effectively, however, it must meet two requirements: 1)
sufficient voter turnout in the medium; and 2) faithful carriage of
votes from the medium to the principal polls. First of all, its voter
turnout must be high enough to
On 9/22/08, Michael Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We're sunk if V(0) depends on short term benefit. We've got nothing
short term to offer. And we're asking a lot (high material C). The
initial users will have to test the code.
I meant personal benefit, not short term, but the issue still
On Sep 22, 2008, at 4:33 PM, Kathy Dopp wrote:
Does anyone know of another election scheme that allows for the split
of a vote into fractions? Do other jurisdictions with IRV use
fractions to transfer surplus votes over a threshold amount, other
than Minneapolis?
Scotland, among others.
