How about-
It's effective by its standards only given perfect information. All
election methods are defensible by their standards given
perfect information.
On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Bart Ingles wrote:
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> Catchybacca wrote:
> >
> > Rolling would be Approval - an arbitrary system which is only effecti
Catchybacca wrote:
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> Rolling would be Approval - an arbitrary system which is only effective
> (like every other election method) given perfect information. Its only
Are you saying that all methods are only effective given perfect
information?
I guess it depends what you mean by "effective".
Rolling would be Approval - an arbitrary system which is only effective
(like every other election method) given perfect information. Its only
advantage, that it involves no real insincerity, is a false one, because
it can only make that claim because Approval has no intuitive "sincere"
vote. Appr
Dear Ultra,
I hope you never go over to the dark side.
Forest
On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Ultra Runner wrote:
> Donald Davison wrote:
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> > Approval Voting does subsidize the lower candidates while Irving
> > insists on treating all the candidates and all the parties and all the
> > voters with equal
Donald Davison wrote:
> Approval Voting does subsidize the lower candidates while Irving
> insists on treating all the candidates and all the parties and all the
> voters with equality. The word `all' includes everyone, not just the lowest
> candidates and their supporters.
I guess Irving is a
