On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:25:49 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
[...] > N.B., I would object to having any ballot options on the same GR that > consist of this same draft with point #4 stricken, because assuming > rational voters I would expect the voters who approve of that option > to be a strict superset of those who approve of my proposal, and I > would call on the Project Secretary to exercise his authority to keep > these two proposals on separate ballots to avoid prejudicing the > outcome in favor of a "watered down" option. Hi Steve, Maybe I don't quite understand your concern correctly, but isn't this one of the advantages of using Condorcet? i.e. if we had points [1-3] on the same ballot as points [1-4], even though the number of votes for [1-3] compared to NOTA would obviously be higher than the number of votes for [1-4] compared to NOTA, the thing that would determine whether [1-3] wins, or [1-4], would be the ranking between those two options (assuming both win compared to NOTA). So those who agree with point 4 should rank [1-4] higher than [1-3] (and those who don't would obviously rank it lower). Hence if more people agree with #4 than disagree with it, then [1-4] should win over [1-3]. Or am I wrong in my understanding? -- Hubert Chan - email & Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA (Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net) Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
