-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [RangeVoting] Wikimedia adopts the Schulze method
On Jun 29, 2008, at 4:27 , Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: > While Range *might* have made a difference, probably not. The problem > with Condorcet methods with many candidates is one of voter > ignorance. This is the problem that Carroll addressed with Asset > Voting. You really only need to know one good candidate, it all > follows from that. He was using Asset in connection with STV, dealing > with the problem of exhausted ballots and he realized that the reason > so many ballots were exhausted was that the job of ranking many > candidates was too much of a burden for voters, who do have other > things to do! Agreed we need to think of voter needs. Asking for enough signatures on a nomination petition, and forbidding a voter signing more than one for any one race will limit candidates while ensuring that there is backing behind those who do get nominated. There can be a page on the internet for each race, with each candidate allowed to provide a resume. Space need not be large, for such a resume can link to the candidate's more complete resume. Bullet voting has received unreasonably nasty words. Why? There can easily be one best candidate seen by a voter, with no other worth approving if that one loses: Incumbent does well and deserves another term. Major opponent is only one with any chance of winning - why not bullet voting for this one's backers? Condorcet provides for ranked approval for more than one candidate. This DOES NOT justify trying to get voters to rank more than they approve of. And, while I write above for voters to learn about other candidates, I do not see demanding that they try harder to learn about strays. "Majority" needs thought. When is an election so incomplete that it needs redoing? Condorcet lets voters rank all that they approve of. When does it really get so bad that this is not enough? -- [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