Re: [Fwd: [ga-full] RE: [ga] Voting rules, take 4]

[Mark Measday <measday@josmarian.ch>]

I think that was the point of STV, a simple, widely understood system.
No?
There is much discussion of this in the archives, from Dixon to
Fishkin's proposal.

Roberto Gaetano wrote:
> 
> This is my concern.
> 
> If we start now a discussion (again?) on what is the *very best* (tm)
> method for voting on multiple choices, we are likely to achieve exactly
> what Prof. Froomkin fears, i.e. something that is interminable.
> 
> What we need is a simple bootstrap to get going.
> Once bootstrapped, we can make the system stepwise more "accurate" (but
> also probably more "complicated").
> 
> Also, for the time being we don't have to deal with elections, where we
> will necessarily have to deal with multiple candidates, but with
> "proposals" or "statements", where with some good work in the prior
> discussion on the list we may be able to reduce the question to the
> electorate to a "Yes/No".
> 
> Will it be fair to say that for the time being we have the "simple"
> system, and that we have in the agenda the "revision" of this system
> during the next quarter?
> 
> As for the other objections, from Chuck, I agree on the fact that one
> week may be short.
> About the "advance notice", I agree that a vote cannot come out of the
> blue without preparation and discussion. Will the discussion on the list
>  on a specific subject be a sufficient "heads up" warning?
> Practical example: we have been discussing about voting rules, list
> rules, membership, for months now. Will anybody be surprised if we call
> a vote? I think not. But people may find useful to have the final
> proposals "posted" for a (short) period of time before opening an
> official vote.
> 
> Can we have a sense of the audience on this?
> 
> Regards
> Roberto
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