[EM] Is there a criterion for identical voters casting identical ballots?

2006-12-12 Thread Scott Ritchie
I was thinking about corporate elections today, and how under some voting systems an individual would want to strategically vote by submitting multiple, different ballots. I soon realized that this was generalizable to multiple voters with identical preferences in any election. Basically, somethi

Re: [EM] Simulation of political identity space in voting

2006-12-12 Thread Brian Olson
On Dec 12, 2006, at 9:55 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mostly I've independently verified the results, but I've added my > favorite pet method, Instant Runoff Normalized Ratings (IRNR) into > the mix. When you say you average results, does that mean you mix the colour ?

[EM] Clarification of Bias-Free formula

2006-12-12 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
For any two consecutive integers, a and b, Bias-Free's round-off point is: (b to the b power divided by a to the a power), all divided by e. When I posted that formula before, the "^" wasn't available, or I didn't find it. Using that character, Bias-Free's round-off point is: (b^b/a^a

[EM] Once and for all--Bias vs transfer properties

2006-12-12 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
With the Bias-Free method, because, in every cycle, there is no net dS/q, that means that, any two states, in any two cycles, even at opposite ends of the population range, will never have any difference in their seats-per-quota expectation. Bias-Free is genuinely entirely unbiased. That m

Re: [EM] Simulation of political identity space in voting

2006-12-12 Thread raphfrk
Also, what is interesting is that condorcet has alot less noise than max utility. I guess this is due to median being more resistant to noise than average. Raphfrk Interesting site "what if anyone could modify the laws" www.wikocracy.com _

Re: [EM] Simulation of political identity space in voting

2006-12-12 Thread raphfrk
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ka-Ping Ye did some excellent work > > The original is here, and was discussed on this list many months ago: > http://zesty.ca/voting/sim/ Yeah, it's cool. > Mostly I've independently verified the results, but I've added my > favorite pet method, Instant Runoff