Re: [EM] Presidential debate ordering

2007-05-22 Thread Howard Swerdfeger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A few days ago, we had the Republican debates on TV, and I came to the conclusion that having ten people on the stage at once was an unmanageable mess. At thirty seconds per answer, candidates were limited to faux anger and soundbites, while the cheers and applause

Re: [EM] Presidential debate ordering

2007-05-22 Thread Juho
On May 22, 2007, at 16:41 , Howard Swerdfeger wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A few days ago, we had the Republican debates on TV, and I came to the conclusion that having ten people on the stage at once was an unmanageable mess. At thirty seconds per answer, candidates were limited

Re: [EM] stratified renormalisation for elections

2007-05-22 Thread Howard Swerdfeger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is often possible effect who actually votes elections by selecting when the voting occurs. For example, the general election in Ireland is being held on Thursday. However, university exams are being held at the moment. This means that students are much

Re: [EM] Presidential debate ordering

2007-05-22 Thread Howard Swerdfeger
Interesting idea. 10 people on stage is to many. but 45 pair wise debates it a lot for the public to watch. Perhaps there is a good middle ground say, 4-5 people on stage at once. and try to make sure that each candidate faces each candidate on stage once. There could be different

Re: [EM] HR811 and Federal paper trail legislation

2007-05-22 Thread Kathy Dopp
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 00:01:51 -0400 From: Chris Backert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [EM] HR811 and Federal paper trail legislation To: election-methods@electorama.com The House will soon consider a bill introduced by Rep. Rush D. Holt (D-N.J.) that aims to make all ballots

[EM] Asset Voting from EM archives

2007-05-22 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
I came across this: http://lists.electorama.com/htdig.cgi/election-methods-electorama.com/2002-December/008919.html Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 14:28:47 -0800 (PST) From: Forest Simmons mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Candidate Proxy Methods Dear [his correspondent, and he