RE: [EM] rank/approval cutoff ballot

2005-07-21 Thread Simmons, Forest
I like James' sample ballot and accompaning explanation at ... http://fc.antioch.edu/~james_green-armytage/vm/rank-cutoff-ballot.htm Forest <> Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info

Re: [EM] rank/approval cutoff ballot

2005-07-20 Thread Abd ulRahman Lomax
At 03:47 PM 7/20/2005, Dan Bishop wrote: [...]I think a good solution would be for elections to have two rounds: 1. A qualifying primary, done entirely with write-in ballots, and counted using Approval. Candidates with a sufficient number of votes would advance to... 2. A runoff election, u

Re: [EM] rank/approval cutoff ballot

2005-07-20 Thread Dan Bishop
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: ... If something like asset voting or delegable proxy is implemented, people might run who would only expect to get a few votes. Full rank/approval ballots would not only become impossible, but setting up a rank system where every candidate must be ranked is ... ri

Re: [EM] rank/approval cutoff ballot

2005-07-20 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 07:25 AM 7/20/2005, James Green-Armytage wrote: Hi folks, Here's a rough idea for a paper rank/approval cutoff ballot. http://fc.antioch.edu/~james_green-armytage/vm/rank-cutoff-ballot.htm Any comments? Eight candidates, sixteen positions, one-of-sixteen per candidate. Tran

[EM] rank/approval cutoff ballot

2005-07-20 Thread James Green-Armytage
Hi folks, Here's a rough idea for a paper rank/approval cutoff ballot. http://fc.antioch.edu/~james_green-armytage/vm/rank-cutoff-ballot.htm Any comments? my best, James Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info