On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would suggest limiting NOTA variations to executive and judicial office
elections.
Legislative bodies do not (and never should) go out of existance and can fill
any vacancies if the voters reject all of the executive and judicial office
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Bart Ingles wrote:
NOTA may be feasible if the office to be filled is considered optional,
so that if NOTA wins (or at least wins repeatedly), the office is left
vacant. But in that case, the office doesn't sound very important in
the first place, and probably
Mr. Simmons wrote-
A more recent example: even a dud like Gore would have received more than
50% approval in the last election. Do we want to lower our standards below
that level?
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D- Whether Mr. Gore (or Mr. Bush) could/would get a majority if a reform
method was being used is more than a
I would suggest limiting NOTA variations to executive and judicial office
elections.
Legislative bodies do not (and never should) go out of existance and can fill
any vacancies if the voters reject all of the executive and judicial office
candidates.
Here's why the 50% figure seems natural to me. Suppose that there are
only two candidates. If neither one of them gets 50% approval, that means
that neither one could get 50% of the vote in a two way contest. Sounds
like a pretty lousy choice to me.
On the other hand, the more candidates you
Mr. Simmons wrote-
Here's why the 50% figure seems natural to me. Suppose that there are
only two candidates. If neither one of them gets 50% approval, that means
that neither one could get 50% of the vote in a two way contest. Sounds
like a pretty lousy choice to me.
D- I bring up
Forest Simmons wrote:
It seems to me that in Approval there is no need for None of the Above,
because of the natural quota of 50% approval; if nobody meets the quota,
then None of the Above wins.
I don't follow. The 50% figure has no particular meaning in Approval
Voting. I suppose you
It seems to me that in Approval there is no need for None of the Above,
because of the natural quota of 50% approval; if nobody meets the quota,
then None of the Above wins.
In Proportional Approval for seven vacant positions, the natural quota is
100%/8 or 12.5%. If only three of, say 29
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (I Like Irving)
Subject: [EM] The None of the Above Chorus:
Dear Tom and Tony,
I join your chorus, I also like None-of-the-Above.
The concept of None of the Above is used in some countries. The more I
think about it the more I feel that it has a place
