[EM] EM: 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy for only $2.99 on Amazon.com, forwarded from Steven Hill

2006-10-25 Thread Chris Benham
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Re: [EM] Majority Criterion poor standard for elections

2006-10-25 Thread David Cary
If some want to throw out the Majority Criterion in favor of something better, then both the something and the better deserve some scrutiny. For example, here are some questions: 1. If the Majority Criterion gets repudiated because it is inconsistent with Range Voting, why is it that we know

Re: [EM] Majority Criterion poor standard for elections

2006-10-25 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 03:51 PM 10/25/2006, Juho wrote: On Oct 25, 2006, at 7:07 , Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: And methods which ignore strength of preference cannot maximize social utility. And if strength of preference is considered, there goes the Majority Criterion I at least made a try few mails back