Re: Some more standards

1998-10-09 Thread Mike Ositoff
> Bart writes: > candidates first. People currently vote against candidates because they > frequently have no other choice -- i.e. "lesser of two evils". I > thought the reason for election reform was to get away from that > necessity. Of course, and, as Demorep will assure you, that's my m

Re: Some more standards

1998-10-08 Thread Bart Ingles
New Democracy wrote: > > [deleted] > Bart wrote: > >2. If "most hated" candidates are to be excluded, there should be a way > >to distinguish truly hated candidates from those who are ranked last > >merely because they compete with the voter's favorite -- in other words, > >there should be no adv

Re: Some more standards

1998-10-08 Thread Bart Ingles
> Bart Ingles wrote: > > > > 1. Unknown candidates lose. There should be a way to distinguish > > between candidates who have a consensus, and those who are simply in the > > middle because the most popular candidates are also the most hated. Mike Osipoff wrote: > > Maybe that isn't possible.

Re: Some more standards

1998-10-06 Thread New Democracy
Dear Bart Ingles, You wrote: >1. Unknown candidates lose. There should be a way to distinguish >between candidates who have a consensus, and those who are simply in the >middle because the most popular candidates are also the most hated. Donald: There is a way. Simply do not use more than one c

Re: Some more standards

1998-10-06 Thread Mike Ositoff
> > 1. Unknown candidates lose. There should be a way to distinguish My mailer failed to copy the beginning of this message, so I've filled in the begioning of the 1st sentence: [There should be a way to distinguish...] > between candidates who have a consensus, and those who are simply in t

Some more standards

1998-10-05 Thread Bart Ingles
1. Unknown candidates lose. There should be a way to distinguish between candidates who have a consensus, and those who are simply in the middle because the most popular candidates are also the most hated. 2. If "most hated" candidates are to be excluded, there should be a way to distinguish tru