RE: [EM] Cyclic Ambiguities = misinformed voters? (was: The True Majority Ghost)

2002-07-02 Thread Tarr, Adam
> Adam- > > I like your geometric proof. However, I'm rusty on > geometry. For a given triangle, will the perpendicular > bisectors of its 3 sides always meet at a single point? Yes. > Also, when working in issue space, I assume you're > measuring the distance between two points (x1, y1) a

RE: [EM] Cyclic Ambiguities = misinformed voters? (was: The True Majority Ghost)

2002-07-01 Thread Tarr, Adam
Alex wrote: > If all candidates fit on a one-dimensional spectrum then > this is certainly true. The person whose preference > order is Bush>Nader>Buchanan>Gore needs to start reading > some newspapers. The person whose preference order is > Buchanan>Gore>Nader>Bush probably lives in Flor

RE: [EM] 2-step CR: A proposal

2002-05-23 Thread Tarr, Adam
I sent this out yesterday, but I forgot that my send address had changed. Joe Weinstein made a lot of the same points I make below. Alex wrote: > This seems to retain the advantages of 3-level approval, but > gives voters more flexibility. There is a slightly stronger > incentive to insincere