>> From: Martin Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [EM] Approval for Tom >> Approval for Tom, and others who reckon one-man- >> one-vote is solely referring to how an invisible >> genie moves your vote around, and is absolutely >> sacred - I call it "Instant Approval Poll and >> Plurality Voting". >> [...] >> Bingo - Approval voting counted in such a way that >> one-man-one-vote remains sacrosanct, even under >> the weirdest interpretations of the mantra. Happy? >> ;-) This is priceless. It's something like the tenth proof that whether a voting system satisfies "one man, one vote" is arbitrary. And it will make no difference. Look at the kind of argument that convinces voters in real elections.