Re: [EM] IRV and Brown vs. Smallwood

Thanks Peter for your comments Suppose that by my estimation about the electorate is about 400: Smith, Jones, Johnson 300: Jones, Smith, Johnson 600: Johnson, Jones, Smith Johnson loses regardless as to whether Smith or Jones is eliminated Normal IRV with no strategy: Jones is eliminated in the

Re: [EM] Practical Democracy (and primary rule making) with Votorola

re: Should these people be allowed to shift their votes? You asked specifically about the possibility of *guiding* those who are already elected. I don't want to waffle, but I can't give you a categorical response to your question because it presumes an infrastructure different

Re: [EM] IRV and Brown vs. Smallwood

--- On Wed, 8/4/09, Don Cathy Hoffard dchoff...@verizon.net wrote: Thanks Peter for your comments Suppose that by my estimation about the electorate is about 400: Smith, Jones, Johnson 300: Jones, Smith, Johnson 600: Johnson, Jones, Smith Johnson loses regardless as to whether

Re: [EM] IRV and Brown vs. Smallwood

Thanks Ralph for pointing out my oversite. The primary may be non-monotonic as well as the general election but together they are monotonic. You presumably meant that the other way around. Plurality is monotonic for both elections, but the 2 taken together result in strategy and a