Re: [EM] A design flaw in the electoral system

2011-10-05 Thread Michael Allan
James, Juho and Fred, Thanks very much for looking at the argument. An individual vote has no effect on the formal outcome of the election; whether the vote is cast or not, the outcome is the same regardless. James Gilmour wrote: These statements worry me - surely they contain a logical

Re: [EM] Enhanced DMC

2011-10-05 Thread Chris Benham
I  like this.  Regarding how approval is inferred, I'm also happy with Forest's idea of using Range (aka Score) type ballots (on which voters give their most preferred candidates the highest numerical scores) and interpreting any score above zero as approval and breaking approval ties as any