[EM] Wording correction

2002-04-20 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
I said: Find, somehow, the probability of all the possible n-member ties & near-ties, before your vote is cast (last). For each of the 2^N ways that you could vote, a sum can be written, each of whose terms multiplies the probability of a tie or near-tie by the difference in the utility of what

Re: delta-p Approval strategy

2002-04-20 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
You wrote: In the pij equation, Wik represents the probability that i will defeat k strictly on votes (i.e, they will not tie), compared to Bik which includes the possibility that i beats k in a tiebreaker. Wik is used here since the definition of pij as I understand it only includes two-way tie

[EM] Rural voters crucial in House election battle

2002-04-20 Thread DEMOREP1
D- Gerrymander power -- What a total ANTI- Democracy political fraud. When will AP ever hear about proportional representation -- producing NO safe 1 party seats ??? The 435 Rep. folks (along with the 100 U.S.A. Senators) are now taxing the general public and spending for special interest gang

[EM] Candidate Vote Transfer Proportional Representation Method, 20 April 2002

2002-04-20 Thread DEMOREP1
Candidate Vote Transfer Proportional Representation Method 20 April 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [optional/ fill the blank] Sec. 1. (a) A legislative body shall have 5, 7, 9, etc. at large members or 11, 15, 21, etc. district members respectively from 2, 3, 4, etc. districts [or a combination of ea

[EM] Re: Lincoln; Big money, gerrymanders, rotten EC, etc.

2002-04-20 Thread DEMOREP1
Mr. Hager wrote- I'm currently investigating the possibility of using "cake cutting" as a way to avoid gerrymanders in the redistricting process. D- The gerrymander crisis in the U.S.A. is now ULTRA-DANGEROUS (due to the many left/ right extremists being elected from *safe* de facto one

Re: Approval in E Europe [was IRV...; was ...Approval]

2002-04-20 Thread Olli Salmi
> - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - >"|flist election-methods-list" >(expanded from: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) I'll try again. At 05:16 +0300 18.4.2002, Adam Tarr wrote: >Here are some links that I have been looking into to try and find details >on Eastern European