[EM] Better-worded definition of ERBucklin(whole)

2005-09-23 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
ERBucklin(whole): Voters rank as many candidates as they want to in order of preference. Equal ranking and truncation are permitted. There are a series of vote-giving rounds. In each round, every ranking gives one whole vote (each) to one or more candidates as described in the next paragra

RE: [EM] RE: Bucklin

2005-09-23 Thread Kevin Venzke
Forest, --- "Simmons, Forest " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > I like the modified ER Bucklin Whole version that Kevin and Mike have been > considering. I want to say: Although it's interesting that ERBW satisfies FBC and Majority, I think it differentiates among adjacent ranks so little that st

[EM] RE: Bucklin

2005-09-23 Thread Simmons, Forest
I like the modified ER Bucklin Whole version that Kevin and Mike have been considering. I have two suggestions that might make it more viable as a public proposal: 1. Keep the number of possible distinct ranks down to seven or eight, for ballot simplicity. 2. Allow a special mark "+" to b