Re: [EM] electowidget

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tallying with lots of methods is nice, but kinda hard on the implementer. > I've implemented half a dozen methods myself in my C/C++/Java/Perl code > (which I ought to update the availability of, it should go up at > http://bolson.org/voting/dist/ ). I

Re: [EM] Debian leader elections analysis

At 05:49 PM 11/1/2005, Warren Smith wrote: >I have written a page on this topic which you can read at >http://math.temple.edu/~wds/crv/Debian2003.html From this page: >2003: 4 canddts+NOTA; >M_Michlmayr wins; >488 unique votes cast out of 510 accept

Re: [EM] electowidget

Being an implementation wonk as I am, I comment... On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Warren Smith wrote: > Second, I do not like negative numbers as votes. They are confusing. > Make it 0 to 10 not -5 to +5, say. I disagree. I think negative and positive numbers map quite naturally to dislike and like degre

[EM] Debian leader elections analysis

I have written a page on this topic which you can read at http://math.temple.edu/~wds/crv/Debian2003.html hopefully there will not be too many complaints about it... it would be interesting to try to do a tactical/manipulability analysis of this election. But I have not. I would expect it is

Re: [EM] alternative Smith?

Chris, --- Chris Benham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Kevin, I'd be interested in seeing a demonstration that MDD "inherently > fails Clone-Winner". > Can you please give or point us to one? Suppose we're using an election method which starts out with MDD. Suppose there are only two candidat

[EM] Debian 2003 election

http://wikitest.electorama.com/wiki/Election:2003_Debian_Project_Leader This is indeed interesting. The author makes it sound like this election (where the Condorcet & IRV winners differed) was showign the superiority of Condorcet. However, it also seems possible to me that the Condorcet winner

[EM] electowidget

first, it wants me to "log in" which I do not know how to do, in order to vote. Second, I do not like negative numbers as votes. They are confusing. Make it 0 to 10 not -5 to +5, say. Third, your poll is totaled using Schulze. Why? I would like it to be totalled using lots of methods and see wh

Re: [EM] Single winner poll conducted using Electowidget

Rob, --- Rob Lanphier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > I'm trying to run a single-winner poll using Electowidget, and I'm > hoping you can help in constructing the poll. > > Give it a spin and let me know what you think. Let me know if there are > options missing, or if there's a better way to pr

Re: [EM] alternative Smith?

James, --- James Green-Armytage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > If we want to make a variant of alternative Smith that is more > truncation-safe, how about "eliminate the plurality loser until only one > candidate remains in the 'inner Smith set' "? > > Defining "inner Smith set": (A