Re: [EM] Election via Proxies

2005-05-28 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Tue, 24 May 2005 02:03:57 -0400 Abd ulRahman Lomax wrote: At 04:02 AM 5/23/2005, Dave Ketchum wrote: This time I see "variable voting" introduced as if it is a new concept to be added. Going back to the beginning of this thread, I had specified "Each proxy has as many votes as they re

[EM] Possible Multi-Winner Pairwise techniques/algorithms (Part 1)

2005-05-28 Thread Gervase Lam
Rather than trying to be a posts about a particular method, these will be "stream of consciousness" posts about a few techniques/algorithms that could possibly be used in for Multi-Winner Pairwise methods. There were quite a few things that inspired me, including the way MinMax works under the

[EM] MMPO, contd.

2005-05-28 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
This isn't in reply to any subjct-line. This was something that I've intended to post for a few days, a continuation of what I was saying about MMPO. Obviously any method's criterion-failures should be addressed, and MMPO is no exception. MMPO can fail ICC, by means of a fratricidal majority

[EM] CDTT,IRV

2005-05-28 Thread Chris Benham
James G-A, You wrote (Thur.May 26): Yes, CDTT seems like one interesting way to bring IRV toward Smith-efficiency. CWO-IRV is another, in my opinion. I'm strongly opposed to CWO (Candidate Withdrawal Option). If such a thing were proposed in Australia or (I am sure) the UK, it would be stro

[EM] ER-IRV(whole)

2005-05-28 Thread Chris Benham
James G-A, You wrote (Thur.May 26): Chris, you write: my example regarding ER-IRV(whole). 45:Right=Left>CentreRight 35:CentreRight>Right>Left 20:Left>CentreRight>Right First-preference tallies Right:45 CentreRight:35 Left:65 CentreRight has the lowest tally, and so is eliminated t

Re: [EM] Approval/Condorcet Compromise

2005-05-28 Thread Gervase Lam
> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 17:06:44 -0800 (PST) > From: Forest Simmons > Subject: [EM] Approval/Condorcet Compromise > Kevin's Approval Runoff in which low approval candidates are eliminated > until there is a Condorcet Winner, can also be described as follows: > > Pick the lowest approval score can