Hi all,
As I've mentioned before, there was a very interesting hypothesis made in
Dr. William Riker's article regarding Duverger's law [1]. In it, he asks
what effects the election system has on the behavior of the candidates,
rather than on the voters.
Does anyone know whether anyone has studi
On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Douglas Greene wrote:
> So, in the real world, the IRVies are kicking our asses, while we debate
> how many voting systems can dance on the end of a ballot.
Yup. I don't see this as an altogether bad thing, though. It is if you
are an Approval supporter, but not if you are
D- More info about IRV in SF from another list
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From: "Bill Gram-Reefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Wayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IRV in SF and beyond
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 11:17:12 -0800
Hello Wayne,
Legs are growing under IRV!
Below find a press anno
Adam Tarr wrote:
>> The point is that if my first choice is A, the method penalizes me
>> for not choosing between B and C, by strengthening one or both
>> candidates, and therefore weakening A.
>
>
> Certainly not both candidates! In the zero-information election, you
> don't know which one
Mike wrote:
> IT'S ADIFFICULT QUESTION, WHETHER TO
> CONCETNTRATE OR DIVIDE CONTRIBUTIONS. BUT WE'LL GET A BETTER
> PERSPECTIVE ON THAT WHEN WE GET
> MORE NOMINATIONS. I RENOMINATE
> HAGER. AS BART SAID, HAGER MAY BE
> THE ONLY APPROVAL ADVOCATING
> CANDIDATE.
I'll be the Libertarian candidate f
As my subject line said, I PLEDGE FIFTY
DOLLARS TO HAGER
AGAIN THIS COMPUTER IS WRITING
CAPITAL LETTERS AND THE CAP LOCK
DOESN"T HELP
IF IT'S BEST TO CONCENTRATE DONATIONS TO ONE CANDIDATE , IF THERE ARE MORE,
THEN I CLAIM THAT THERE'S NO NEED
TO WAIT TILL HAGER IS NOMINATED.
IT'S IMPORTANT TH
Markus regards the count-all-votes
amendment as a tautology. Maybe not,
but one might think it's a redundant lega
provision, since surely Calif law already
requires all votes to be counted.
[I'M USING A COMPUTER NOT ENTIRELY
COMPATIBLE WITH HOTMAIL. IT'S BEGUN
GIVING ME ALL CAPITALS]
MAYBE FLOR
Anthony said that equal protection under
the law means that eveyone's favorite
candidate must win, or that it could be
so interpreted. Pehaps by Anthony.
Perhaps Anthony hasn't heard that that
equal protection clause has been applied
to voting rights.
Saying that everyone's favorite candidate
mu
