On 6/4/2012 10:18 PM, Michael Ossipoff wrote:
[snip]
2. Whatever can be accomplished by PR can be accomplished by an at-large
single winner election, because every single winner method can output a
ranking of candidates instead of just one winner: Elect the winner. Then
delete the winner from
Ted:
You said:
Michael, you are stepping naively into an area that has been very well
studied. I
include a couple of points below you may want to consider.
Of course, it's necessary to check out your points before answering about
the purported naivete of my suggestions.
But I would
Ossipoff
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 8:22 PM
To: 'Ted Stern'; election-methods@lists.electorama.com
Subject: Re: [EM] Gerrymandering solutions.
Ted:
You said:
Michael, you are stepping naively into an area that has been very well
studied. I
include a couple of points below you may want to consider
Michael, you are stepping naively into an area that has been very well
studied. I include a couple of points below you may want to consider.
On 04 Jun 2012 22:18:06 -0700, Michael Ossipoff wrote:
About gerrymanmdering;
PR would be a solution to gerrymandering, but certainly not the only one:
About gerrymanmdering;
PR would be a solution to gerrymandering, but certainly not the only one:
1. Proxy Direct Democracy wouldn't have a gerrymandering problem either. If
Proxy DD can be made count-fraud-secure, then it would make PR obsolete.
2. Whatever can be accomplished by PR can be
