On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking personally, the more effort it takes, the less often anyone > will bother. I suggest amending the Vote Market so that, instead of > a three-step specific process: > > Alice> I offer to sell my vote on 6000 for 1 VP > Bob> I vote FOR 6000; I accept Alice's offer, please vote FOR > Alice> I vote FOR 6000 > > votes can be sold in a two-step general process: > > Alice> I sell my vote on 6000 for 1 VP > Bob> I vote FOR 6000; I spend up to 5 VP to buy votes > > via clauses something like these: > > "I sell my vote on <Agoran decision> for <price>" is equivalent to > conditionally voting "endorsing the person (if any) who buys my vote; > if they are not an eligible voter, then as they direct; if there is > no such person, then no vote". > > "I spend up to <price> to buy votes" is equivalent to buying whatever > votes are for sale, cheapest first, ties broken in favor of those that > went on sale first, up to a maximum total expenditure of <price>; vote > purchases are processed in the order they are made. >
What if the Vote Market contained a clause: "Casting a vote of SELL (X) on a proposal is equivalent to posting a Sell Ticket with a cost of X and endorsing the filler of that Sell Ticket."? BobTHJ
