Re: [EM] IRV ballot pile count (proof of closed form)

2010-02-05 Thread James Gilmour
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:50 PM CUT Practically speaking, I'd assume, the precincts would be provided with a spreadsheet showing the possible combinations, and they would report the combinations using the spreadsheet, transmitting it. So some cells would be

Re: [EM] IRV ballot pile count (proof of closed form)

2010-02-05 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 01:12 PM 2/5/2010, James Gilmour wrote: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:50 PM CUT Practically speaking, I'd assume, the precincts would be provided with a spreadsheet showing the possible combinations, and they would report the combinations using the spreadsheet,

[EM] poll request

2010-02-05 Thread Warren Smith
what percentage of americans would agree with this sentence: most of congress is bought and paid for by special interest money? perhaps said poll has already been conducted...? -- Warren D. Smith http://RangeVoting.org -- add your endorsement (by clicking endorse as 1st step) and

Re: [EM] poll request

2010-02-05 Thread robert bristow-johnson
On Feb 5, 2010, at 10:18 PM, Warren Smith wrote: what percentage of americans would agree with this sentence: most of congress is bought and paid for by special interest money? perhaps said poll has already been conducted...? a stab at google -

Re: [EM] hey Markus, can you confirm something?...

2010-02-05 Thread Warren Smith
robert bristow-johnson: In a Condorcet election in which a cycle occurs, if there are only three candidates in the Smith set, or even if there are more but the defeat path is a simple single loop, is the outcome of the election any different if decided by Schulze rules than if decided by