On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 23:18, Branden Robinson wrote: > I *am* making the assumption that a signficant number of voters will, even > within a slate of options preferred over the do-nothing default, vote > conservatively.
Then we can say nothing besides "that is the will of the electorate." > So, I am assuming the typical non-activist voter will think "Well, gosh, > all of these good, and look like at least a marginal improvement over > the status quo, but in case I'm wrong I'll rank the least disruptive > options higher".[1] I doubt this applies to the Debian electorate nearly as much as the general population. However, even so, that means (given): Option A: strike SC 5 Option B: trivial, editorial change Option C: A + B Option D: Further Discussion we're going to get the 'activists' voting CABD and the insecure voting BCAD. The insecure won't vote against (rank below default) the real changes if they like them[1]. So, as long as there are sufficient 'activists', I conclude[2] that C will still win. > If someone can make a good case that my premises above are invalid, then > I invite them to go ahead in this sub-thread. I'd be quite relieved if > our system cannot be "gamed" in the manner I fear. I fear the alternative is to have someone arbitrarily refuse to put options on the ballot, and that that would prevent free and fair elections. > [2] "Default options", "quorum", and "supermajority" requirements are > not native to the Condorcet Method. In fact, IIRC, the Condorcet > Method itself doesn't mandate that there must be only one winner Condorcet can give an arbitrary number of winners. Cloneproof SSD attempts to resolve that. Cloneproof SSD is _supposed_ to be essentially immune to "cloned" candidates, like how B is a clone of D. > among a given set of options. When SPI held its last board > election, we used a Condorcet/CSSD system and picked the *three* > most-preferred candidates to fill the three open positions. 1. if they do, they get what they voted for, and what can you do about that? 2. through much handwaving
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