Mike, you write: >Condorcetists and Approvalists can and >will sink IRV anywhere where they have the opportunity and the time to >tell >the people what IRV is like.
This question is for Mike and anyone else who shares his goal as stated above. Let's imagine for the sake of argument that you organized a group of persuasive/influential people to the end of opposing IRV, such that you were able to have a significant impact in that direction. Now, let's imagine that the IRV leadership noticed the impact that you were having, and felt the need to come to some sort of compromise agreement. * Scenario 1: Imagine that they agreed to take the position that ER-IRV(fractional) should be used, and that plain IRV (not ER) should not be used. I'm not saying that they will actually be willing to do this, and I know that they may have ignored such suggestions in the past, but I just want you to entertain this as a hypothetical scenario. Would you agree to stop opposing their efforts? Would you add your efforts to theirs? * Scenario 2: Same as scenario 1, but with CWO-IRV instead of ER-IRV(fractional). Same questions. * Scenario 3: Same as scenario 1, but with ER-IRV(whole) instead of ER-IRV(fractional). Same questions. Sincerely, James ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info