Re: [EM] Majority Criterion, hidden contradictions

2006-11-09 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
This is the meat of it: As the Majority Criterion is being interpreted -- I have to say that Mr. Cary's arguments are quite convincing, taking me within what could be called validation distance of simply agreeing with him -- Approval Voting does not satisfy the Majority Criterion. However, it

Re: [EM] Even simplier anti-gerrymandering rule

2006-11-09 Thread raphfrk
 > On Nov 7, 2006, at 5:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Since that grows all the districts in parallel, but approximately > > doubling districts at each step, at the end > > > you'll have some districts with about double the population of > > other di

[EM] Condordet Criterion & Method

2006-11-09 Thread Dave Ketchum
Going blind from the thread for Majority, I see need to respond: Majority: Does Approval qualify? I do not care, for Approval does not let me even rank best plus #2 plus rejects. From Wikipedia: By the majority criterion, a candidate X should win if a majority of voters answers