I agree with Abd ul-Rahman Lomax below. The paper ballot is cheap, adaptable,
and
provides a paper trail. Dedicated voting machines are a bad idea.
An excellent proposal I heard on PBS radio long ago is this:
The voter uses a computer (any old basic PC) to create a ballot. The ballot is
then
--- James Gilmour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[on the introduction of optional party list "above the line" voting to the STV
ballot]
> I would assert that that change
> has been so great that it constitutes a "perversion" of the original purpose
> of
> STV-PR.
Sure. But does it distort the resul
--- James Gilmour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Note that subdivision of parties and their alliances and
> > whatever other groupings add tools to the voter to express
> > what she wants. Also models where STV like ordering is not
> > used but the vote to James automatically goes to the smalle
--- Stephane Rouillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> any system that would leave a default value for unvalued/unranked/unapproved
> candidates would help. Personnaly, I would suggest:
> A) Let the voter precise the score, rank or state of all unexpressed
> preferences;
> B) I favor preference-style
--- Dave Ketchum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, this debate is becoming complex beyond any hope of value.
I agree.
The suggestion was that voting could be modified from plurality by converting a
mark for a single candidate to a rank order as pre-defined by the candidate. I
noted that thi
--- "Simmons, Forest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Note that Eppley's suggestion (in its simplest forms) requires only a standard
> plurality style ballot, and each voter marks only one alternative (a
> candidate's
> name or a code word for somebody else's published ordering).
>
> This is exact
--- Jan Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 3/21/06, Anthony Duff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I, like James, have thought about this. It is particularly relevant in the
> common
> > Australian electorate, where the voting pattern is (with A left, B squeezed
&g
I, like James, have thought about this. It is particularly relevant in the
common
Australian electorate, where the voting pattern is (with A left, B squeezed
centre, C right, extreme and other random candidates ignored):
45 ABC
5 BAC
5 BCA
45 CBA
Even though with IRV, burying your favourites g
In the legislatures (parliaments) that I am familiar with, if members want to
abstain from a formal vote count, they have to leave the chamber.
In these formal vote counts (divisions), all those voting one way move to one
side
of the chamber, those coting the other way move to the opposite side.
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--- Jan Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think the main technical problem with Approval is that it can be
> difficult to decide whether to vote for compromise candidates in
> addition to ones favorite. Does MDDA help?
The special thing about approval is that it forces simplicity. I see
the
ail it before the day. People who
> >give a good reason why they couldn't vote are exempt from paying
> the fine.
>
> The whole thing, however, is made more reasonable by the allowance
> for postal voting. If you are poor, do you have to pay for the
> stamp?
Postal voting (a
--- Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Absentee voting is a right in
> many
> states in the U.S. Is it permitted in Australia? If not, why not?
It is. You need to have a reason, and sign your name to it.
I'd worry about the routine use of absentee ballots, because it then
become
--- Stephane Rouillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am against compulsory voting and compulsory full ranking.
I am for compulsory voting, and against compulsory full ranking.
> Not going to vote is the only way left to voters that want to say
> all candidates are bad,
No, you can write to a ne
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