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

2012-09-25 Thread DNOW1
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

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

2012-09-24 Thread Michael Ossipoff
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

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

2012-09-18 Thread DNOW1
In a message dated 9/18/12 9:28:22 AM, email9648742 writes: > > Be more specific about your suggestion for dealing with divided majority. > --- 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

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

2012-09-18 Thread Michael Ossipoff
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

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

2012-09-18 Thread Michael Ossipoff
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

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 t

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. > >

[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. -