Re: [Election-Methods] Cumulative Approval

2008-04-07 Thread Juho
On Apr 7, 2008, at 21:01 , Chris Benham wrote: Now say we add three ballots that plump for C. 31: AB 32: BC 36: C (were 33:C) 04: AC Now the winner changes from C back to B (C leads, AB compromises, B leads and wins), a failure of Mono-add-Plump. AC voters can still compromise

[Election-Methods] Cumulative Approval

2008-04-05 Thread Chris Benham
Juho wrote: I presented only some positive examples. Also various bad failure cases would be appreciated if you can find good examples. Juho, 31: AB 32: BC 37: C C is clearly the strongest candidate, having both more first preferences and more second preferences than either of the other

[Election-Methods] Cumulative Approval

2008-04-03 Thread Juho
Here's one new method (as far as I know, tell if you have seen this before) for your consideration. One viewpoint to this method is that it tries to make the sequential process of IRV better than what it is in the basic IRV. On the other hand this can be seen also as an Approval method