Two provinces of Canada are moving a step closer toward proportional representation.
Quebec and British-Columbia are both making available on internet public proposals to
reform their electoral system and sometimes further their democratic institutions. In
addition Ontario, New-Brunswick, PEI
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 13:16:38 -0500
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From: Adam Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [EM] Request for help: complex election
Only that there's no proportionality in this system. So, if 75% of the
voters want one set of four candidates, and 25% of the voters want
Ken,
--- Ken Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
Arrow's IIA criterion may not be realistic or meaningful, but I believe
CR does satisfy the criterion.
I agree with you. But if CR can't meet IIA in a meaningful, practical sense,
I don't see the argument in favor of CR over ranked methods.
Kevin Venzke wrote:
But if CR can't meet IIA in a meaningful, practical sense,
I don't see the argument in favor of CR over ranked methods.
The deeper points to consider are that CR isn't the only rating method,
and ratings aren't the only alternative to rankings.
Forest Simmons outlined
h... Now that I re-read the text, I realise that your problem
about decision
taking and collapsing alternatives, probably came from here:
Actually, it was along the lines of 'forcing linear' decisions, by
analogy with the way that quantum states evolve smoothly over time
until a
Eric,
You wrote (Wed.Mar.10):
The other interesting thing that I have learned about IRV recently is
the odd way it treats equally ranked ballots.
Basically, if you have a ranking:
A=BC
You only contribute .5 to the vote total for A B in the first
round...in otherwords, you are punished
