Direct election of local mayors in Flanders (Northern Belgium)
Formerly the mayors were elected by the local councils.
The direct election of the mayors by the population is now being prepared
(due 2006).
If we think about ballots were the candidates are ranked (SSD, Tideman,
...), then we
On Sat, 10 Feb 2001 10:35:30 -0800
Bart Ingles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One reason I have never been overly impressed with the
argument that one
multi-winner method is better than another merely because
it is more
accurately proportional, is that this seems to imply that
other criteria
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From: Blake Cretney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, 12 February 2001 6:44
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Subject: Re: [EM] Proportionality in perspective
n Sat, 10 Feb 2001 10:35:30 -0800
Bart Ingles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One point you mention is "locality of
Blake Cretney wrote:
On Sat, 10 Feb 2001 10:35:30 -0800
Bart Ingles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One reason I have never been overly impressed with the
argument that one
multi-winner method is better than another merely because
it is more
accurately proportional, is that this seems to
Hi Bart,
you wrote:
You're not arguing that a voting system should "guarantee a majority
winner", are you?
No. It's impossible to guarantee a majority winner. However, a good
Condorcet system (Cloneproof SSD Shulze beatpath winner are the popular
ones at the moment, and I must agree that
Direct election of local mayors in Flanders (Northern Belgium)
Formerly the mayors were elected by the local councils.
The direct election of the mayors by the population is now being prepared
(due 2006).
That's a good opportunity to get a genuinely good voting system
like SSD enacted.
If we
Mr. Layton wrote in part-
There is a four candidate race. There may be more than four candidates, but
only four are "contenders". The race is very close between all four
contenders, and opinion polls are neck and neck.
the ballots are
A 20
B 14
C 13
D 23
AB 10
CD 10
BCD 5
ABC 5
