Re: [EM] Closed loop elections

James Gilmour writes: Closed loop elections. See: http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/features/display.var.1511167.0.0.php An engineer's answer to voters' imperfect knowledge? It's a nice idea, but it assumes a degree of automation that most places do not have -- and are leery of

Re: [EM] HR811 and Federal paper trail legislation

percent spoke English and/or Spanish but could not read enough English to use the standard assessment. Thus, millions seems easily supportable, although the question remains as to how to make ballots more accessible to these people. Michael Poole [1]- http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=15 [2

Re: [EM] theorems about point runoff systems

wishes to engage in dialogue. Michael Poole election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info

Re: [EM] Student government - what voting system to recommend?

to the victims of his behavior. There will always be some people whose behavior is consistently honest, repulsive, or whatever else, but a large majority of people are swayed by peer pressure -- even the potential or imaginary kinds. Michael Poole election-methods mailing list - see http

Re: [EM] divided house problem of close vote (50%+1)

approval level for the proposal.) Michael Poole election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info

Re: [EM] RE : Re: Are proposed methods asymptotically aproaching some limit of utility?

be a sincere vote. What instructions do you think a range voting ballot should give voters? Michael Poole election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info

Re: [EM] D2MAC can be much more efficient than Range Voting

Abd ul-Rahman Lomax writes: At 04:58 PM 3/7/2007, Michael Poole wrote: Randomness is not identical to noise. Stochastic computing methods use randomness to get good results (according to the method's definition of good) -- in many cases, much faster than naive methods reach comparable results

Re: [EM] D2MAC can be much more efficient than Range Voting

the voters' wishes; there is no clear measure of signal or noise for the single output of election winner. Michael Poole election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info

Re: [EM] What is the ideal election method for sincere voters?

Abd ul-Rahman Lomax writes: Okay, that rarity of rarities, an original post by me. A great deal of criticism of voting methods is based on how the methods behave with strategic voters, those who vote insincerely to gain some presumably favorable outcome. However, if we assume sincere

Re: [EM] When and how can we speak of individual utility and social utility?

Abd ul-Rahman Lomax writes: At 05:28 PM 2/28/2007, Michael Poole wrote: I suggest you re-read what I wrote. This rambling has nothing to do with what I wrote. I'm glad. Which is not at all an incentive to reread what Mr. Poole wrote I did not intend what I wrote to be a commentary

Re: [EM] When and how can we speak of individual utility and social utility?

by which to judge an election method, but you will not catch me claiming it is an invalid metric. Michael Poole election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info

Re: [EM] When and how can we speak of individual utility and social utility?

Abd ul-Rahman Lomax writes: At 07:57 AM 2/28/2007, Michael Poole wrote: Aggregating utilities, however, is obviously not such a simple thing. But we should not let this distract us from the fact that utility analysis is really the *only* approach to judging how well election methods

Re: [EM] Majority Criterion, hidden contradictions

Abd ul-Rahman Lomax writes: At 06:31 PM 11/8/2006, Michael Poole wrote: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax writes: [snip] Now, it does appear to me that the people who have explained the MC in the past have been to some extent aware of the problem, which is why we get vague language like if the voters

Re: [EM] Majority Criterion, hidden contradictions

Abd ul-Rahman Lomax writes: At 11:29 AM 11/6/2006, Michael Poole wrote: By the majority criterion, a candidate X should win if a majority of voters answers affirmatively to the question 'Do you prefer X to every other candidate?'. A voter who cannot honestly or easily answer yes

Re: [EM] Majority Criterion, hidden contradictions

irrational extreme. Michael Poole election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info

Re: [EM] Electoral College

of impeachment for Supreme Court Justices. You have not supported these beyond hand-waving and appeals to authority. Beyond an expectation that people making strong, controversial claims provide adequate support for their claims, I would not say I have any special sensitivity in this area. Michael Poole

Re: [EM] Electoral College

ignore the politically ranty post wholesale? Michael Poole election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info

Re: [EM] Invitation for anyone to copy, web-post, or distribute my articles /or postings

implemented that part of the Berne Convention well before the USA did, given that the original Convention was signed in _18_86. Michael Poole election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info