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