Re: [EM] Remember toby

2011-05-29 Thread Juho Laatu
On 29.5.2011, at 3.53, fsimm...@pcc.edu wrote: I agree with Kevin. Winning Votes is much better and easier to defend. Kevin Venzke referred to the number of disappointed voters on the winning side (that will be overruled in the case of a top cycle). That's one concern. I have some problems

Re: [EM] Remember Toby

2011-05-29 Thread Juho Laatu
On 29.5.2011, at 5.07, Kevin Venzke wrote: Hi Juho, --- En date de : Sam 28.5.11, Juho Laatu juho4...@yahoo.co.uk a écrit : Margins elects A here: 35 AB 25 B 40 C Is this going to be defensible when this method is proposed? Can you argue a case for A without mindreading off of the

Re: [EM] Generalized symmetric ballot completion (was Hybrid/generalized ranked/approval ballots)

2011-05-29 Thread Peter Zbornik
Dear all, please let me just add an extension of the proposed generalized ballot completion in my email below. Adding blank votes amounts to enabling the voter express zero preferences. Leaving out candidates from the ranking allows for negative preferences. However the negative preferences are

Re: [EM] Remember toby

2011-05-29 Thread Kathy Dopp
Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 02:42:44 +0100 (BST) From: Kevin Venzke step...@yahoo.fr To: election-meth...@electorama.com Subject: Re: [EM] Remember toby In the easy to explain/solve but still Condorcet category, I am okay with Minmax(WV) but I think Condorcet//Approval (with implied approval)

Re: [EM] Generalized symmetric ballot completion (was Hybrid/generalized ranked/approval ballots)

2011-05-29 Thread Juho Laatu
On 29.5.2011, at 16.06, Peter Zbornik wrote: On the other hand I might rather prefer My Political Opponent to be elected than Pol Pot. Thus a ballot on the form AXMy Political OpponentPol Pot, might be a good idea to allow. I like this kind of explicit cutoffs more than implicit ones (at

Re: [EM] Remember toby KD

2011-05-29 Thread Kevin Venzke
Hi Kathy, --- En date de : Dim 29.5.11, Kathy Dopp kathy.d...@gmail.com a écrit : In the easy to explain/solve but still Condorcet category, I am okay with Minmax(WV) but I think Condorcet//Approval (with implied approval) is preferable because you don't need a defeat strength concept at