[SLL] OT: voting system algorithm

[Ted Stern]

On 08 Aug 2008 11:26:48 -0700, Derek Simkowiak wrote:
>
>     Your proposal sounds like instant runoff, but with only the
> first-choice candidate ranked.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting
>

Hi Derek,

There is that one similarity, but it ends there.  IRV is unstable and
not summable.  You can read more about my politics here.

      http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/User:Araucaria

I'll write more to you off list, but this topic is capable of
generating a lot of heat and not much light.  I'd recommend that other
interested readers go to the election-methods mailing list for plenty
of fulminating discussion.

Best wishes,

Ted
-- 
 Frango ut patefaciam -- I break so that I may reveal


> 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
>

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