RE: [EM] MDDA: prefer deluxe, evaluate properties

2005-10-11 Thread Kevin Venzke
Warren, --- Warren Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > MDDA *if* all votes are full rank orderings, is just the "Smith set" > and often yields a tied election. In fact often the Smith set is the entire > set of candidates. (In most of Australia full rank orderings - i.e. none > omitted - > ar

[EM] MDDA: prefer deluxe, evaluate properties

2005-10-11 Thread Warren Smith
MDDA *if* all votes are full rank orderings, is just the "Smith set" and often yields a tied election. In fact often the Smith set is the entire set of candidates. (In most of Australia full rank orderings - i.e. none omitted - are demanded by law.) This seems a severe problem with MDDA and pr

[EM] MDDA

2005-10-05 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
Forest-- You wrote: There are two things that bother me about MDDA: (1) The two cases that fall back on Approval are diametrically opposed: the first case is when every candidate is majority defeated, and the second case is when several are not majority defeated. Why not just use Approval