[SLL] OT: voting system algorithm

[Derek Simkowiak]

    Your proposal sounds like instant runoff, but with only the 
first-choice candidate ranked.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting



Ted Stern wrote:
> Sorry, this is nothing to do with Linux.  Just problem solving through
> algorithms, so maybe it will appeal to programmers on this list.
>
> See the third letter in today's Seattle Times Letters to the Editor.
>
>  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008098337_friletters8.html
>
> There are some mathematical subtleties in my proposal that may be lost
> on the general population, but hopefully it should get people thinking.
>
> Ted
>