[EM] Don't be so quick in handing out those Nobel prizes:

2001-03-10 Thread Advance Copy
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 03/10/01 Forest Simmons, Don't be so quick in handing out those Nobel prizes, not yet. Mike Ossipoff has proposed something clever allright - a clever scheme to allow a minority party candidate to win over a majority party

Re: [EM] STV for small committees: some exceptions and questions.

2001-02-27 Thread Advance Copy
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 02/27/01 Dear Hugo Harth, you wrote: 1) Successors: [filling a vacancy] One way would be : For each candidate determine the successor by running STV on all the ballots but without this candidate. Proceed in a similar way for the second and third

[EM] FWD - Election of UK Speaker

2001-02-25 Thread Advance Copy
Forwarded Letter --- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 18:56:24 - From: "James Gilmour" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FWD - Election of UK Speaker now by Irving: [Martin Harper of [EM] wrote:] They seem to have picked IRV as a replacement. Not quite. The

Reply to: [EM] Multiple Winner Elections

2001-02-24 Thread Advance Copy
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 02/24/01 Dear Moe, you wrote: From: "Moe St. EverGreen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:53:20 -0500 Subject: [EM] Multiple Winner Elections What are the best choice(s) of voting system(s) for a multiple