I wonder if it has been noticed that elections are generally
lotteries. Each voter has one vote they own and pay.
The risk is that the vote is useless. The payoff is that the vote is
effective. Most votes are useless, most of the time. However, in most
systems, there are conditions where many
Ballots are ratings with a minimum possible rating of zero.
Ballots with all zero ratings are thrown out as not valid.
The lottery probabilities are chosen so as to maximize the product of the
expected ratings over the ballots.
This method is (1) monotone, (2) clone free, and (3) gives
In my previous message I wrote ...
Ballots are ratings with a minimum possible rating of zero.
Ballots with all zero ratings are thrown out as not valid.
The lottery probabilities are chosen so as to maximize the product of the
expected ratings over the ballots.
This method is (1)
