Re: [EM] A more elaborate version of Rob LeGrand's ballot by ballot

2006-05-16 Thread Simmons, Forest
A simpler version of this DSV idea follows: 1. Initialize L(0) as the list of the ballots in random order. Let N be the number of ballots. For each i between one and N, inclusive, let L(i) be the tail of L(i-1). In other words, each list is obtaind from the preceding by removing the first el

[EM] A more elaborate version of Rob LeGrand's ballot by ballot DSV

2006-05-15 Thread Simmons, Forest
Paul K. is going to think that I have too much time on my hands, since this posting is strictly for theoretical purposes, namely to try to imagine how close we might get to the "Small Voting Machine," the SMV that was posited by Alex Small two or three years ago. Here's a stab at the idea. Im