Would it be possible to design a series of black box tests (using standardized inputs and expected outputs) which would determine whether or not a given election method satisfies the list of various criteria that are deemed essential for an acceptable election method? The tests should reveal flaws/ shortcomings/ failed criteria in the results produced by the election method under test. Which of the criteria, if any, require knowledge of the internals of the counting method used? Would some criteria need to be weighted (given more importance) more than others?

Yours democratically,
Jim Ronback





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