Re: [EM] very simple email poll

2007-03-06 Thread Toplak Jurij
Yes to all three. J > Jobst, > I reply "yes" to all three, least emphatically for question 1. > > It must be a very low % turnout and/or a very small "society"! > > Chris Benham > > > > Jobst Heitzig wrote: > >>Hello folks, >> >>I would be very glad if all of you would take one minute's time to a

Re: [EM] article on preferential voting

2006-12-30 Thread Toplak Jurij
> Well, it is a bit irritating to me, and perhaps to some others, that > AV is used in the paper to refer to Alternative Vote; we routinely > use it for Approval Voting. Thanks for pointing out this. I will try to make things clearer by using "Alternative Vote" and "Approval Voting" rather than t

[EM] Florida 2000 being repeated in Slovenia :)

2006-11-14 Thread Toplak Jurij
A story from Slovenia: Mayoral elections were held last Sunday. In the town of Izola both of the candidates received 4210 votes after the first count. Then two of the ballots first said to be invalid were added to one of the candidates and the final result is 4212 vs. 4210. - on one of the ballot

[EM] Fw: Instant Run-Off

2005-11-29 Thread Toplak Jurij
A collegue of mine is looking for an expert in IRV. I know there is many of them on this list... please contact her directly: Jennie Bowser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Program Principal, Legislative Management ProgramNational Conference of State Legislatures     Does anyone out there specialize in