> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:59:48 -0700 > From: Andy Jennings <electi...@jenningsstory.com> > > My strongest feeling about your recently proposed system is that the > "three" is so arbitrary. >
I believe David is responding to the fact that most of today's US voting machines would only allow three candidates to be ranked by voters, so that most IRV implementations in the US only allow three candidates to be ranked. Even if all candidates could be ranked by voters, I would only support using IRV methods of counting after all but two (2) candidates were eliminated using Approval Voting. Otherwise the vagaries of IRV can pop up. -- Kathy Dopp http://electionmathematics.org Town of Colonie, NY 12304 "One of the best ways to keep any conversation civil is to support the discussion with true facts." "Renewable energy is homeland security." Fundamentals of Verifiable Elections http://kathydopp.com/wordpress/?p=174 View some of my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1451051 ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info