Having multiple nonpartisan executive officers in each regime to watch each
other *may* reduce the corruption a bit.
i.e. multiple sheriffs and public attorneys especially.
The U.S.A. regime with only the Prez/VP being elected in the Fed executive
branch via the timebomb minority rule Electoral
DNOW:
You said:
> Again -- the minority may/will in most cases also be divided in real
> elections.
Then Symmetrical ICT would be better than unimproved Condorcet methods
such as Beatpath, etc., because SITC doesn't have the chicken dilemma.
> Elections for all elected executive officers and a
In a message dated 9/18/12 9:28:22 AM, email9648742 writes:
>
> Be more specific about your suggestion for dealing with divided majority.
>
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The Number Votes Matrix - Left Votes Shifts is for a zillion divided
majority examples.
Another one -
18 ABCZ
17 BCAZ
16 CABZ
49 Z???
100
I'd said:
Yes, choosing the median of all the proposed values is a good way of
making a numerical choice. ...probably, unless it would have a problem
that I don't know about.
The public could thereby vote directly on such things as the various
marginal tax-rates, for various income-brackets; and
DNOW:
Be more specific about your suggestion for dealing with divided majority.
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:35 PM, wrote:
> 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
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 t
> 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.
>
>
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.
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