Just getting 2/3 (i.e. 2:1) majorities to propose U.S. or State constitutional
amendments has proven difficult enough.
Most major reform amendments have come about only due to some major crisis.
Such as - the 12th Amdt after the chaos of the 1800 election, the 13th, 14th
and 15th Amdts due to t
Dear David,
you wrote (28 Apr 1998):
> The tempted voters are faced with a game in which their minimax
> strategy is to vote according to their true preferences.
>
> Conjecture A: Condorcet/Dodgson meets this.
>
> Conjecture B: Only Condorcet/Dodgson meets this. (Not so sure about
> this one!
Dear Markus
In response to your posting of 25 April.
As far as I can see, your criteria are necessary, but not sufficient
to give your:
> The reason: It is very difficult and risky to manipulate
> with irrelevant candidates or with order-reversal, because
>
> a) there must be a suitable candi
