Re: [EM] 3 ways of writing certain criteria

2004-02-10 Thread Richard Moore
Mike wrote: By the way, how would you write FBC as a votes-only criterion? If you do that, then I'll have to admit that you beat me to it. It's not 100% correct (it needs to be tweaked to work with methods that allow first-place tied rankings), but:

Re: [EM] FBC wording

2004-02-10 Thread James Green-Armytage
Kevin Venzke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No one's alternatives to FBC have resembled mine, and I think my weak version is wrong, but I don't see what's wrong with my strong version. Any comments from anyone? Did I leave a loophole of some kind? Keeping in mind that this criterion is supposed to be

[EM] Steph, Re: poll

2004-02-10 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
Stephen wrote: The first poll should be conducted in order to identify the best single-winner method in our eyes... I reply: No need to pick a method first, because we don't need one winner. Nothing wrong with getting different winners by using different methods. In fact, that's better,

Re: [EM] 3 ways of writing certain criteria

2004-02-10 Thread Markus Schulze
Hallo, I propose the following defensive strategy criteria. Criterion 1: Suppose Q1 is the number of voters who strictly prefer at least one candidate to candidate A. Suppose Q2 is the number of voters who strictly prefer candidate A to candidate B. Suppose Q1 Q2. Then

Re: [EM] FBC wording

2004-02-10 Thread Kevin Venzke
No one's alternatives to FBC have resembled mine, and I think my weak version is wrong, but I don't see what's wrong with my strong version. Any comments from anyone? Did I leave a loophole of some kind? Keeping in mind that this criterion is supposed to be unattainable: --- Kevin Venzke

[EM] Nominations for presidential poll

2004-02-10 Thread Rob LeGrand
I'd like to nominate the voting systems Schulze's beatpath method (margins) Ballot-by-ballot approval DSV with strategy A and the presidential candidates Michael Badnarik (http://www.badnarik.org/) Gary Nolan (http://www.garynolan.com/) Aaron Russo (http://www.russoforpresident.com/) Blake