Jobst and All,
So far I don't have any takers on this topic, but I am going to forge ahead a
little, and then do some examples that show how well it works at providing
fairness in some sticky cases that have been discussed from time to time on
this list.
In order to compare with most of the
Here's a parlour version of the rainbow lottery:
1. Go around the room and ask each player which of the alternatives is their
favorite.
2. Go back around in the reverse order and ask each player which of the
alternatives they approve of.
3. List the alternatives in order of approval from
"For your eyes only." Warning: do not proceed past this point if you don't
like lottery methods.
Ballots are approval style.
Ballots are counted in two different ways: (1) the approval count and (2) the
fractional (cumulative) count, which means the candidates marked on a ballot
are assign
