[EM] Instant Pairwise Elimination Runoff

2001-04-10 Thread Anthony Simmons
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: Instant Pairwise Elimination Runoff I'm not simply bashing John Q. Voter about just anything having to do with elections, but specifically bashing him about the way he will choose a new voting method. In the matter of how the public makes decisions, I'm

Re: [EM] Instant Pairwise Elimination Runoff

2001-04-09 Thread Forest Simmons
I should have thought of that. Every method needs two names, one for public consumption and one for scientific classification, like the latin names for plants and animals. I think the best one for public consumption would be "Instant Majority Runoff" (IMR). Forest On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Martin Ha

Re: [EM] Instant Pairwise Elimination Runoff

2001-04-08 Thread Martin Harper
nah - an advertising agency would call it something like "Votex" or "Democratum"... ;-) I still like "Instant Round Robin" for the Condorcet-like methods, though. Anthony Simmons wrote: > >> Subject: [EM] A pairwise elimination satisfying > >> SFC,SDSC > > >> INSTANT PAIRWISE ELIMINATION RUNOFF

[EM] Instant Pairwise Elimination Runoff

2001-04-08 Thread Anthony Simmons
>> Subject: [EM] A pairwise elimination satisfying >> SFC,SDSC >> INSTANT PAIRWISE ELIMINATION RUNOFF I know this is going to sound really silly, but with the majority of the electorate, the most important factor is what it's called. "Intant Runoff" sounds like it was chosen by an advertising a