Sadly, it appears as though there's a proposal to change the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election method from Approval to First Past The Post:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2005/Proposed_modifications_to_rules Actually, since it's multi-member, I suppose FPTP isn't exactly accurate. What would be the clinically accurate way to describe it? It's not cumulative voting, since you can't put all of your votes on one candidate. At any rate, please weigh in on Wikipedia. If you are unfamiliar/uncomfortable, at least weigh in on this thread, and I'll link to it (though weighing in on Wikipedia is /far/ more effective). Rob ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
