Demorep1's SW method 2/22/97

1997-02-22 Thread DEMOREP1
Pursuant to my Half votes posting, I now suggest--- For single winner executive or judicial offices- 1. The voters may vote yes or no on each candidate and may numerically rank them (1, 2, 3, etc.). 2. (a) If a voter does not vote yes or no on a candidate, then the candidate shall get a 0.5 ye

RE: STV-Proxy?

1997-02-22 Thread DEMOREP1
Mr. Eppley wrote: This variation of Proxy PR is attractive, if there's a good reason to limit the body to a specific N seats. (With the rise of the internet, making telecommuting virtual legislatures possible, a fixed N is suspect.) One of the traits of Proxy PR which may not have been mentioned

Re: MOAV "criterion"?

1997-02-22 Thread Saari
>D- It is of course possible to have a Don't Care column--- > Yes No Don't Care >A x >B x >Cx > >If so, should the Don't Care votes be half yes, half no votes such that a >candidate may have a vot

Re: How to non-dictatorially generate a FAQ

1997-02-22 Thread Saari
>This sounds great to me. But one question, who are members of the VOTING >group? Anyone on the listserve's list? > >Mike C. If the list-owner specifies the voting members, then it is whatever he says. Otherwise, it is anybody who bothers to vote (but probably members of EM - other people woul