[EM] Fwd: Is it professional?

2013-06-24 Thread David L Wetzell
To: Benjamin Grant b...@4efix.com Most IRV in real world limits the rankings to 3 candidates per voter. In my approach, I treat the rankings as approval votes in the first round and tally up the number of times each candidate gets ranked to determine 3 finalists.There are 10 ways to rank 3

Re: [EM] Fwd: Is it professional?

2013-06-24 Thread Benjamin Grant
So if I understand you: You have a single election. You permit people to rank up to 3 candidates, no more. You eliminate form consideration all but the top 3 people who were ranked, regardless of what rank they got. Then, with only those three left, you proceed to process them with standard IRV

Re: [EM] Fwd: Is it professional?

2013-06-24 Thread James Gilmour
David L WetzellSent: Monday, June 24, 2013 4:19 PM Most IRV in real world limits the rankings to 3 candidates per voter. In real world? Evidence please - on a WORLD basis.. I have never encountered such limits in any IRV election. But then, I don't live in the USA. Some 3-only

Re: [EM] Fwd: Is it professional?

2013-06-24 Thread David L Wetzell
I limit the collection of ranking info to up to 3 rankings per voter, which is useful for practical purposes, and then treat the up to 3 rankings per voter as approval votes to determine which three of the umpteen candidates proceed. I then process those three with the standard IRV to find the

Re: [EM] Fwd: Is it professional?

2013-06-24 Thread Benjamin Grant
: Monday, June 24, 2013 12:20 PM To: Benjamin Grant Cc: EM Subject: Re: [EM] Fwd: Is it professional? I limit the collection of ranking info to up to 3 rankings per voter, which is useful for practical purposes, and then treat the up to 3 rankings per voter as approval votes to determine which

Re: [EM] Fwd: Is it professional?

2013-06-24 Thread David L Wetzell
:20 PM *To:* Benjamin Grant *Cc:* EM *Subject:* Re: [EM] Fwd: Is it professional? ** ** I limit the collection of ranking info to up to 3 rankings per voter, which is useful for practical purposes, and then treat the up to 3 rankings per voter as approval votes to determine which three

Re: [EM] Fwd: Is it professional?

2013-06-24 Thread Benjamin Grant
*Subject:* Re: [EM] Fwd: Is it professional? ** ** I limit the collection of ranking info to up to 3 rankings per voter, which is useful for practical purposes, and then treat the up to 3 rankings per voter as approval votes to determine which three of the umpteen candidates proceed. I

Re: [EM] Fwd: Is it professional?

2013-06-24 Thread David L Wetzell
*Sent:* Monday, June 24, 2013 12:20 PM *To:* Benjamin Grant *Cc:* EM *Subject:* Re: [EM] Fwd: Is it professional? ** ** I limit the collection of ranking info to up to 3 rankings per voter, which is useful for practical purposes, and then treat the up to 3 rankings per voter as approval