On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:01:11 -0400 Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: > At 08:50 PM 3/26/2007, Dave Ketchum wrote: > >>On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:23:10 -0400 Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: >> >>>Proxy voting is not normal for legislatures. >>> >> >>Hooray! I am proposing proxies as a method of electing a >>legislature, not as a means of torturing how they perform their tasks. >
I count Abd's direct voting as torture. I reject loading down my basic proposal with such. However, if anyone thinks it is worth the pain, they could add it - I see no conflict with the basic proposal. > >>>> For some legislature to do this would be to make up their own luck. >>>> >>>>>(2) Proxy assignments can be revoked at any time by notice to the >>>>>affected bodies by the principal. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Since I propose EXACTLY this, sounds like carelessness. >>>> >>>>Actually, he wants them to take effect instantly - something I see >>>>as too destructive. >>>> >>Abd cannot see the difference. I SAID that a proxy can be revoked >>at any time. The statement Abd offered agreed, probably unintentionally, >>since it says nothing as to a delay before the revocation takes effect. >> We are splitting hairs. > >>>>While a legislature should have some rule making ability, I >>>>believe experience has shown that much of the rules BETTER be standardized. >>>> >>>The rules *are* standardized, but they are subject to change by the >>>legislature. This isn't too difficult to understand, and it is >>>beyond me why Ketchum seems to argue with it. >>> >>AND, when a legislature gets into this, they had best understand >>what is permitted for them to decide. >> > > *Of course.* But what if they don't? And who is it that permits and > does not permit, when it comes to their own rules? Constitutions, and laws imposed by higher legislatures, must be obeyed. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] people.clarityconnect.com/webpages3/davek Dave Ketchum 108 Halstead Ave, Owego, NY 13827-1708 607-687-5026 Do to no one what you would not want done to you. If you want peace, work for justice. ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info