On Aug 15, 2010, at 1:05 AM, Leon Smith wrote:
Here is a rather nice article; it's unusual in that it doesn't place
Arrow's Theorem on a pedastool, talks at some length about the quirks
of Instant Runoff Voting and the Burlington elections, has an
intelligent discussion of approval voting and range voting. Quite a
breath of fresh air from the tired old formula for voting-theory
related media articles indeed!
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/07/26/100726crbo_books_gottlieb?printable=true
it was an interesting read. thanks, Leon, for bringing it to our
attention. maybe i'll even buy the book (probably not, i feel like i
am practically illiterate).
it barely mentions the Burlington election (it does twice) and doesn't
really say what made it go "topsy-turvy".
while Googling the book author, George Szpiro, i came upon this website:
http://aceproject.org/
have any of you seen this ACE Project thing before? i have never seen
the *.int hierarchy before (used for email contacts). what is it?
"international"? their treatment of the different election systems
(including references to AV and STV) could do a better job.
again thanks, Leon, for the tip to the article.
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