On 3/28/2013 10:39 AM, Michael Allan wrote:
Thanks for explaining, Richard.
This is an important topic, so I want to help out.
The algorithm does not attempt to identify when the negotiation
process is done. If the participants have a genuine desire to reach
a mutually satisfactory
There are at least two good answers to that criticism:
1. You know very well that, with voting systems, you get what you pay
for, and you pay for what you get. An extra advantage or good property
comes at a price. IRV meets MMC and is free of the chicken dilemma.
Benham and Woodall likewise, and
FairVote has claimed that Approval is only good for non-contentious
elections. I've never agreed with that. Approval can work fine with any
kind of elections, including contentious ones.
When there is strong contention, when there are greately differing
alternatives, some of which are
