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I'm not sure is others have seen it, but I found an interesting article
by Dan Alger on proxy voting here: (.PDF format) http://www.pubchoicesoc.org/papers/alger.pdf (Google HTML link) http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:HyJsE1mJw4MJ:www.pubchoicesoc.org/papers/alger.pdf+%22proxy+voting%22+condorcet&hl=en&lr=lang_en >From the introduction: I introduce voting by proxy and compare it to direct representation, plurality, and single transferable vote (STV), which voting by proxy most closely resembles. With one at-large district and given the legislators that constitute a legislature, voting by proxy maximizes a legislature’s representation without degrading constituent service or government stability. It also eliminates gerrymandering and allows a legislature to rank its representatives by the number of proxies that they hold rather than seniority, which would eliminate the inappropriate advantages of seniority for incumbents. At the same time, the tighter representative-constituent links that voting by proxy creates leads to voters becoming better informed, so that special interests have less influence. When voting by proxy is also used to eliminate candidates, it provides better representation than STV or plurality, and voting costs are reduced if computers count votes, rights to debate are based upon the number of proxies held, and we eliminate primary and runoff elections. Anyway, it's fairly recent (February 2004), so I thought I'd let people know in case they were interested and hadn't seen it already. Michael Rouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
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