Re: [EM] This mailing list as a forum?

Toby, I agree that it is a pain to try to reply to the digest. I've switched to receiving every message as a separate email and it seems much easier. The downside, as you say, is that there are a lot of messages sometimes. I would support moving to Google Groups because I think it would be a st

[EM] Sincere Zero Info Range

Range voting is cardinal ratings with certain constraints on the possible ratings, namely that they have to fall within a certain interval or "range" of values, and usually limited to whole number values. Ignoring the whole number requirement, we could specify a constraint for an equivalent meth

Re: [EM] Declaration of Election-Method Experts and Enthusiasts

Seems to me Fred is wandering on this one. Our declaration gets big enough without tackling: . Who gets to be a candidate. . Who gets to be a voter. I know New York law gets plenty of complexity while tackling these two - much of it in trying to be fair and reasonable while getting it

Re: [EM] Declaration of Election-Method Experts and Enthusiasts

Good Afternoon, Mr. Fobes re: "I think that the listed benefits (of election-method reform) cover most of your "participation" principle ..." The declaration presumes the right of political parties to select the candidates for public office, thereby preventing meaningful participation by

[EM] This mailing list as a forum?

I don't know if this has been discussed before, but most discussion groups on the internet (certainly the ones I use) use forums with separate threads for topics, rather than a mailing list. I think forums are easier to use and the threads are easier to follow. It's awkward to reply to topics on

[EM] Deliberative pollingt

This is an interesting attempt. I think that most of us would support more of this kind of thing. http://cdd.stanford.edu/polls/ Aside from the interest of the methodology, people here might be interested in the content. The California "deliberative poll"