On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 05:51:22PM -0700, Kent Crispin wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 04:29:47PM -0700, Ellen Rony wrote:
>> Brian Reid has made a web site with full documentation of his ICANN election
>> problem. Its URL is
>>
>> http://reid.org/brian/icann/
>>
>> He encourages wide distribution of this URL so that as many people as
>> possible know this information before they vote. ICANN voting runs through
>> October 10.
>
> The description given of STV is not at all accurate, however, and Mr
> Reid's concern is largely unfounded (I do agree that a pointer to a
> description of the algorithm would have been nice).
Actually, my mistake. There is a description of the algorithm
prominently displayed on the ICANN members web site -- it's a direct
link off the main page: http://members.icann.org/rules.html
They say, in part:
1. ICANN will use the Alternative (also known as "Preferential" or
"Single-Transferable") Voting System to conduct this election. Members
will rank the candidates in order of preference ("1" for their first
choice, "2" for their second, etc.). Members may rank as many or as few
candidates as they choose. The votes will be tallied according to the
first preferences (the "1"s). If at that point one candidate has an
absolute majority (50% + 1) of the vote, he/she is selected. If not,
the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated. The eliminated
candidate's votes are redistributed to the next ranked candidates (the
"2"s). The votes are counted again to determine whether any candidate
has an absolute majority. If not, the elimination process is repeated
until one candidate gains a majority.
--
Kent Crispin "Do good, and you'll be
[EMAIL PROTECTED] lonesome." -- Mark Twain
