[EM] Range-Approval hybrid

2008-10-15 Thread Chris Benham
Yet another version of this  Approval Strong Sincere Defense, Range method occurs to me:  uses ratings ballots with more available slots than there are candidates and on each ballot interpret the highest empty slot as the approval threshold. This is simpler than my previous automatic version

Re: [EM] Range-Approval hybrid

2008-10-01 Thread Chris Benham
Kristofer Munsterhjelm: Normalization could be used if required, with either the voter specifying absolutely worst and absolutely best (setting the range), or by the lowest and highest rated candidate having those positions. So if a voter wants to say that he likes all the candidates, but

Re: [EM] Range-Approval hybrid

2008-09-28 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
Chris Benham wrote: I have an idea for a FBC complying method that I think is clearly better than the version of Range Voting (aka Average Rating or Cardinal Ratings) defined and promoted by CRV. http://rangevoting.org/ I suggest that voters use multi-slot ratings ballots that

[EM] Range-Approval hybrid

2008-09-20 Thread Chris Benham
I  have an idea for a  FBC complying method  that  I think is clearly better  than the version of   Range Voting (aka  Average Rating or Cardinal Ratings)  defined and promoted by  CRV.   http://rangevoting.org/ I suggest that voters use multi-slot ratings ballots that have the bottom slots (at