Thanks Steve,
That's great stuff and it does indeed answer my questions.
I will soon upload two large documents documenting (for
beginners) a Condorcet ballot and a Condorcet matrix.
After that, I'll concentrate on the rather
sketchy/innacurate series of articles I posted
http://www.masquili
Steve wrote:
> > Steve Eppley had written:
> > > That's true, except there's no need to count the ballots in
> > > each pile. It's quicker to compare the heights of each
> > > pile by eye to see which is shortest, unless the shortest
> > > piles are very similar to each other in height, in whic
James Gilmore wrote:
> Steve Eppley wrote:
> > That's true, except there's no need to count the ballots in
> > each pile. It's quicker to compare the heights of each
> > pile by eye to see which is shortest, unless the shortest
> > piles are very similar to each other in height, in which
> > c
Steve Eppley wrote:
> That's true, except there's no need to count the ballots in
> each pile. It's quicker to compare the heights of each
> pile by eye to see which is shortest, unless the shortest
> piles are very similar to each other in height, in which
> case you might want to count the s
James Gilmour asked:
> Steve Eppley wrote:
> -snip-
> > Well, that's all I know about arguments against allowing
> > truncation. Perhaps others will be able to add more.
>
> Are you suggesting voters should be forced to express
> preferences they do not have? James
No, I was answering August
James Gilmore wrote:
> Steve Eppley wrote:
> > The third explanation is a hold-over from elections that
> > tally Instant Runoff (or the proportional representation
> > version, Single Transferable Vote) by hand. To quickly
> > tally Instant Runoff by hand:
> >
> >Distribute the ballots i
Steve Eppley wrote:
> The third explanation is a hold-over from elections that
> tally Instant Runoff (or the proportional representation
> version, Single Transferable Vote) by hand. To quickly
> tally Instant Runoff by hand:
>
>Distribute the ballots into piles, each according to
>i
Steve Eppley wrote:
> Well, that's all I know about arguments against allowing
> truncation. Perhaps others will be able to add more.
Are you suggesting voters should be forced to express preferences they do not have?
James
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Hi,
Several days ago, Augustin asked:
-snip-
> a couple of weeks ago I wrote to this
> list asking for your help especially in regard to some
> theories that are behind the decisions I have made when
> developing the site.
>
> The only help I received was in the form of welcome
> criti
