Re: IRV

From: Georgie Hinklemyer <samoolives_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 05:35:19 -0000

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, mayhem <meurtre_at_e...>
wrote:

> > The best solution that I've seen are the
> > vote-for-many schemes. Either "vote for
> > as many of the candidates as you'd find
> > acceptable" [credit to AEM] or the 5-level
> > "How do you find this candidate -- Excellent,
> > good, fair, poor, unacceptable?" The latter
> > is a very popular system used to measure
> > all sorts of things.
>
> It's a good idea. But each party would still
> want its own people to win.
>

I suggest two votes per person: One "FOR" vote, and one "AGAINST"
vote. Alternately, only one vote, either "FOR" or "AGAINST" any given
candidate. I'd think that would spread the field out a bit. If the
two major candidates end up with equal amounts of "FOR" and "AGAINST"
votes, it all cancels out and they get nothing. Hmm?

--G.H.
Received on 2003-10-13 22:35:20