This seems to be an open question at present. But it might be pretty
easy to prove or disprove.
A multiwinner voting method "obeys participation" if an extra voter,
by voting honestly, cannot make the election result worse (in her
view) than if she had not voted.
(If you remove a winner and repla
At 01:08 PM 11/17/2009, Warren Smith wrote:
This seems to be an open question at present. But it might be pretty
easy to prove or disprove.
A multiwinner voting method "obeys participation" if an extra voter,
by voting honestly, cannot make the election result worse (in her
view) than if she ha
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
At 01:08 PM 11/17/2009, Warren Smith wrote:
It is "fair" if symmetric under permuting the candidates and voters.
Conjecture: there does not exist a fair multiwinner proportional
representation
voting method obeying participation.
I don't know how to apply "fair."
To: "Warren Smith" ; "election-methods"
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: [EM] Is there a PR voting method obeying "participation"
criterion?
At 01:08 PM 11/17/2009, Warren Smith wrote:
>This seems to be an open question at present. But it m
At 11:21 AM 11/18/2009, Terry Bouricius wrote:
Abd wrote
"Under Robert's Rules, if a voter writes something on a ballot, the voter
has voted, and the vote is counted in the basis for majority, "
This is not necessarily correct.
Bouricius raises a doubt, but does not impeach the general asser
