[Election-Methods] Town E-meetings for encouraging group intelligence and working toward consensus

2008-07-09 Thread Jan Kok
Right now I feel like I've been struck with divine inspiration. Hope I don't wake up tomorrow feeling like an idiot. :-) Town E-meeting is a way to - disseminate information about competing proposals - allow a controlled debate and negotiation among supporters of the various proposals -

Re: [Election-Methods] A Better Version of IRV? (Terry Bouricius)

2008-07-09 Thread Terry Bouricius
Kathy, Your report is not peer-reviewed as that term is nearly universally used. I know you have not dealt with flaws in your report presented by Chris Benham and me... You asked for specifics...so...In Appendix B on page 16, for example, you present a voting scenario where you claim Approval

Re: [Election-Methods] Matrix voting and cloneproof MMP questions

2008-07-09 Thread Rob LeGrand
Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote: You use movie site data for your AAR-DSV examples. Does AAR-DSV manipulability mean that a movie site that uses it would face difficulty telling users which movie is the most popular or highest rated? The manipulability proofs wouldn't harm them as strongly (since

Re: [Election-Methods] Matrix voting and cloneproof MMP questions

2008-07-09 Thread James Gilmour
Kristofer Munsterhjelm Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 1:25 PM I don't doubt that the problem exists. After all, the term decoy list (lista civetta) comes from the Italian abuse of the system. Do you know of any countries that do have overhang provisions to ameliorate the problem? While I am

[Election-Methods] Die Toss Version of FAWRB

2008-07-09 Thread fsimmons
Dear Jobst, Here's my die toss version of your FAWRB method: 1. Draw a ballot at random. 2. If this ballot does not approve the AW, THEN elect its favorite (and STOP). Else continue to step 3. 3. With the help of dice, coins, spinner, balls and urn, or an icosahedron with numbered