Re: [Election-Methods] Fwd: FYI - FairVote MN Responds to LawsuitAgainst IRV

2007-12-27 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:33:37 - James Gilmour wrote: Juho Laatu Sent: 27 December 2007 07:36 Condorcet methods are not very widely used today. Juho Are Condorcet methods used for any public elections today? Have they ever been used for any public elections? I ask only because I

Re: [Election-Methods] Fwd: FYI - FairVote MN Responds to LawsuitAgainst IRV

2007-12-27 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:02:55 +0200 Juho Laatu wrote: On Dec 27, 2007, at 17:33 , James Gilmour wrote: Juho Laatu Sent: 27 December 2007 07:36 Condorcet methods are not very widely used today. Juho Are Condorcet methods used for any public elections today? Have they ever been used for

Re: [Election-Methods] Fwd: FYI - FairVote MN Responds to Lawsuit Against IRV

2007-12-26 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:41:12 -0700 Kathy Dopp wrote: Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:55:41 -0500 From: Dave Ketchum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Election-Methods] RE : Re: Fwd: FYI - FairVote MN RespondstoLawsuit Against IRV James' discussion of history leading up to IRV makes

Re: [Election-Methods] Fwd: FYI - FairVote MN Responds to Lawsuit Against IRV

2007-12-26 Thread Kathy Dopp
On Dec 26, 2007 6:53 PM, Juho Laatu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Condocet methods do not put any additional weight on first position on the ballot. Vote GoreBushPaulNader is considered to be equally strong in saying Gore is better than Bush than e.g. vote NaderPaulGoreBush. Juho, Thanks for

Re: [Election-Methods] Fwd: FYI - FairVote MN Responds to Lawsuit Against IRV

2007-12-26 Thread Kathy Dopp
Thanks Dave, I think I understand Condorcet now and what the = signs are for, and I like Condorcet and see no immediate drawbacks to its tabulation method like I do to the IRV tabulation method. I would urge that we get a handle on ensuring that our vote counts are accurate prior to using any

[Election-Methods] Fwd: FYI - FairVote MN Responds to

2007-12-25 Thread Kathy Dopp
Dec 2007 12:51:10 -0500 From: Allen Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Election-Methods] Fwd: FYI - FairVote MN Responds to Lawsuit Against IRV To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Umm... in a non-runoff FPTP single-person-position system, anyone voting for a candidate who doesn't win has their votes

[Election-Methods] Fwd: FYI - FairVote MN Responds to Lawsuit Against IRV

2007-12-22 Thread Kathy Dopp
- What do you think of this lawsuit? Kathy -- Forwarded message -- From: Raging Grannie (Wanda B) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Dec 22, 2007 8:19 PM Subject: FYI - FairVote MN Responds to Lawsuit Against IRV go to http://fairvotemn.orgFairVoteMN.org if you have trouble viewing this