[EM] terms for strategies: compression and reversal

2004-03-29 Thread James Green-Armytage
Dear election methods fans, It seems to me like there might be room for a bit of clarification in the language which we use to discuss strategy in voting methods. I'd like to point out that there are at least two basic kinds of strategic alterations which a voter can make to

[EM] the link to my new web page

2004-03-29 Thread James Green-Armytage
There was an error the first time I sent the link to my new web page. I enclosed the address in brackets, and one of those brackets became a part of the link, causing a file not found error for some people. I will now try to send them again. Here is the address of the title page:

Re: [EM] Primaries?

2004-03-29 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 14:03:18 -0800 (PST) Forest Simmons wrote: On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Dave Ketchum wrote: Original Message From: Bart Ingles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: EM List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [EM] Argument for Approval Primaries Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:49:40 -0800 It

Re: [EM] Primaries?

2004-03-29 Thread Forest Simmons
On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Dave Ketchum wrote: Original Message From: Bart Ingles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: EM List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [EM] Argument for Approval Primaries Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:49:40 -0800 It occurs to me that one place where ranked ballot methods are

Re: [EM] Primaries?

2004-03-29 Thread Adam Tarr
Dave Ketchum wrote: If a method is good enough to select a single winner in the general election, then it must be good enough, and most logical choice, for use in related primaries. It does not follow. An general election is a method the government uses to try to find a candidate who best