Re: [EM] On Naming and Advocacy

2006-06-21 Thread Dave Ketchum
Trying clarification for RRT: On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:28:44 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How about instant pairwise voting (IPV) as a good > descriptive name for Condorcet? I'm just throwing > this out, not advocating it. It apparently hasn't been > used much, because a Google search resulted in

[EM] Poll created for a name for Condorcet voting methods

2006-06-21 Thread Andrew Myers
Following Ralph's suggestion, I created a CIVS poll with various names that have been proposed on this list for Condorcet voting. The poll also allows write-ins. Because late write-ins are at a disadvantage, I ask that people not start casting real votes until 5pm EDT tomorrow, to give people a

Re: [EM] On Naming and Advocacy

2006-06-21 Thread RLSuter
How about instant pairwise voting (IPV) as a good descriptive name for Condorcet? I'm just throwing this out, not advocating it. It apparently hasn't been used much, because a Google search resulted in no hits. So that would be one drawback, though I think a minor one. Its big advantage is that IPV

[EM] Suggested name for range voting: free voting

2006-06-21 Thread Anthony O'Neal
I can't believe I missed such a massive flaw...Coming up with an approval-range method not vulnerable to vote management is difficult. For electing a candidate, we consume an amount of voting power from the people who had such a candidate marked by V/ N + 1 (the Bischoff quota) (where V is your def