Having multiple nonpartisan executive officers in each regime to watch each
other *may* reduce the corruption a bit.
i.e. multiple sheriffs and public attorneys especially.
The U.S.A. regime with only the Prez/VP being elected in the Fed executive
branch via the timebomb minority rule
DNOW:
You said:
Again -- the minority may/will in most cases also be divided in real
elections.
Then Symmetrical ICT would be better than unimproved Condorcet methods
such as Beatpath, etc., because SITC doesn't have the chicken dilemma.
Elections for all elected executive officers and all
DNOW:
Be more specific about your suggestion for dealing with divided majority.
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:35 PM, dn...@aol.com wrote:
Divided Majorities - Number Votes Matrix - Left Vote Shifts
Divided Majorities
Standard divided majority problem -
A, B and Z
26 ABZ
25 BAZ
49 Z??
I'd said:
Yes, choosing the median of all the proposed values is a good way of
making a numerical choice. ...probably, unless it would have a problem
that I don't know about.
The public could thereby vote directly on such things as the various
marginal tax-rates, for various income-brackets; and
In a message dated 9/18/12 9:28:22 AM, email9648742 writes:
Be more specific about your suggestion for dealing with divided majority.
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The Number Votes Matrix - Left Votes Shifts is for a zillion divided
majority examples.
Another one -
18 ABCZ
17 BCAZ
16 CABZ
49 Z???
100
Divided Majorities - Number Votes Matrix - Left Vote Shifts
Divided Majorities
Standard divided majority problem -
A, B and Z
26 ABZ
25 BAZ
49 Z??
Is A or B the lesser of evils for some Z voters ???
With more choices, both the majority and minority will likely be even more
divided.
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Related matter - majority votes for filling number blanks.
Example-
Percent of GDP for taxes --
0 to 100 percent in 1 percent units.
Each legislator/voter picks a percentage
Report the votes per percentage.
Accumulate from 100 downward to get a bare majority of the total votes.
i.e. NO
On 09/18/2012 06:18 AM, Andy Jennings wrote:
I have been thinking this for a while, and I would love to see it
implemented for precisely the situation you describe: the legislature,
or even the voters directly, choosing the overall tax rate.
You might want to build in some hysteresis so that
