Re: [EM] Electoral College (was Re: Voting by selecting a published ordering)

2006-04-27 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 01:06 AM 4/27/2006, Dave Ketchum wrote: It appears that the Constitution allows just about any method of choosing electors that a state wishes to follow: this, indeed, is the source of the problem, for it led inevitably to all-or-nothing, since that benefited the majority party in each

Re: [EM] Electoral College (was Re: Voting by selecting a published ordering)

2006-04-27 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 01:44 AM 4/27/2006, Dave Ketchum wrote: Now disagreed: Who is third in a state could be a serious contender in others. Absolutely. EVs for a minor candidate COULD be pledged as to who to vote for if their primary candidate lost. Yes. Or, alternatively, if it is the electors

Re: [EM] Electoral College (was Re: Voting by selecting a published ordering)

2006-04-27 Thread Steve Eppley
Dave K wrote: On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:06:00 -0700 Steve Eppley wrote: Dave K wrote: On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 16:18:06 -0700 Steve Eppley wrote: -snip- Third, I'm curious how one can distinguish between these two cases: 1.1 A candidate has a safe lock on some state, and therefore does