>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donald Davison)
>> Subject: [EM] 02/02/02 - Alexander, don't get stuck in a `Time Warp':
>> If you are of normal intelligence, then sometime in you
>> life you will come full circle and return to IRVing. Most
>> do, but some get stuck in a `Time Warp' and never get
>>
>> From: Adam Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Re: [EM] World Series and EC
>> But most importantly, I think the analogy is a poor one,
>> because we expect and desire this inconsistency in
>> baseball, and sports in general. Not only is the World
>> Series inconsistent due to the multi-game
Hi all,
The discussion site Kuro5hin is running an article entitled "Are Political
Parties Inherently Undemocratic?", which laments about the fact that we
have political parties in the U.S., despite George Washington's desire not
to have them. The article is here:
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/
At 06:17 AM 2/3/02 -0500, Donald Davison wrote:
>One: Its high proportionality is only for party.
How else do you define proportionality? You can't define it on a
per-candidate basis; candidates are either 100% elected or 100% un-elected..
>Two: The voter is not allowed to cross party lines.
D- A report from the real political land about a top 2 runoff election.
Any CW in the 48 percent of the votes NOT for the top 2 ???
Only the Shadow knows !!!
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Newcomers Claim New Orleans Runoff
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Two men who had never run for office, a cable execu
02/03/02 - STV for Candidate Lists:
Dear Adam,
You wrote: " While it [Party List] is not quite as efficient in making
every vote elect a representative as STV is, it is highly proportional,
highly democratic, and extremely simple to implement and understand. "
Donald: While I agree to the good
Dear Mike,
you wrote (2 Feb 2002):
> Markus wrote (2 Feb 2002):
> > Due to Nurmi and Bartholdi, the more information you need
> > about the opinions of the voters resp. the more accurate this
> > information must be to be able to calculate a strategy, the less
> > vulnerable to strategies the use