On 9/24/08, Michael Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
True, the translation barrier (from open to secret ballots) is another
protection. It's partial. On its own, it cannot protect an open vote
from purchase for its signalling value (like a paid endorsement, or a
meeting stuffed with a paid
On 9/20/08, Michael Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Variant acts may be proposed. Variant acts are acts that differ from
the originally proposed act. When a variant act is proposed, the
participants do not gain another vote to cast. Instead they gain a
choice of which act to cast their
(Draft section 1 of A medium of assent for the support of large scale
communicative action.) http://zelea.com/project/votorola/d/theory.xht
Communicative assent is the expression of agreement, particularly of
agreement that arises from discussion. I describe a medium in which
communicative
