> Well, it is a bit irritating to me, and perhaps to some others, that > AV is used in the paper to refer to Alternative Vote; we routinely > use it for Approval Voting.
Thanks for pointing out this. I will try to make things clearer by using "Alternative Vote" and "Approval Voting" rather than the "AV". > > Approval is mentioned in the paper, however, in my view, incorrectly > (though perhaps merely reporting common opinion, in which case it is > correct about an incorrect opinion.) > As you figured it out, I was merely reporting someone elses opinion. As the article says, I was reporting the opinion of this webpage: http://www.ctl.ua.edu/math103/Voting/1nonpref.htm In case you have any more comments on the paper I'd be happy to hear it. J. ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
