Re: [EM] OpenSTV 2.1.0 released and new OpaVote features

2012-09-17 Thread Juho Laatu
On 17.9.2012, at 21.08, Richard Fobes wrote: On 9/15/2012 3:02 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote: On 09/15/2012 09:55 AM, Juho Laatu wrote: On 15.9.2012, at 6.05, Jeffrey O'Neill wrote: You can also now save Condorcet results in HTML format but still working on the best graphics to visualize

[EM] Minority Rule Gerrymanders U.S.A. - a simple P.R. Method

2012-09-17 Thread DNOW1
Nonstop minority rule gerrymanders in the U.S.A. since 4 July 1776. A plurality of the votes in a bare majority of the packed/cracked gerrymander districts = about 25 percent [or less] indirect minority rule. Much worse with primary math. Used to be much, much worse before the 1964 SCOTUS

[EM] Divided Majorities - Number Votes Matrix - Left Vote Shifts

2012-09-17 Thread DNOW1
Divided Majorities - Number Votes Matrix - Left Vote Shifts Divided Majorities Standard divided majority problem - A, B and Z 26 ABZ 25 BAZ 49 Z?? Is A or B the lesser of evils for some Z voters ??? With more choices, both the majority and minority will likely be even more divided. -

Re: [EM] Divided Majorities - Number Votes Matrix - Left Vote Shifts

2012-09-17 Thread Andy Jennings
Related matter - majority votes for filling number blanks. Example- Percent of GDP for taxes -- 0 to 100 percent in 1 percent units. Each legislator/voter picks a percentage Report the votes per percentage. Accumulate from 100 downward to get a bare majority of the total votes. i.e. NO

Re: [EM] Divided Majorities - Number Votes Matrix - Left Vote Shifts

2012-09-17 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
On 09/18/2012 06:18 AM, Andy Jennings wrote: I have been thinking this for a while, and I would love to see it implemented for precisely the situation you describe: the legislature, or even the voters directly, choosing the overall tax rate. You might want to build in some hysteresis so that