... It looks like you did not say anything in your last e-mail. It looks like you did not try to argue both of these possible ideas: * what I set up was wrong ...
... that ... consider ... own "Aunt ... Craig, you sought to attribute to me views on things about which I had made no comment at all. So you should not have...
My quick view is that I did not attribute comments to you, but your name was just one around. A representive of a group that are not going to talk about 3...
Dear STV voting members, you can submit your choice of voting system to the Citizens Assembly website, British Columbia, which has extended the time allowed...
I've just released version 0.4 of pSTV. Major updates: - my previous implementation of Meek STV was actually Warren STV (thanks to David Gamble for pointing...
Jeffrey, Best wishes with your software development. I have been developing -- not programing -- another version of STV I call Reversible STV -- whatever...
On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:47:29 -0400, "Jeffrey O'Neill" ... I've heard that the ballots for three constituencies in the last election for the Dail in Ireland are...
... Votes from Dublin West (3 seater) and Dublin North (4 seater) are available here.... http://www.dublincountyreturningofficer.com/index.html I don't know if...
... ... Is anybody actually using that software ?. You can code up my Avy algorithm. Your software might get ignored unless you have an algorithm that tries to...
In an election where there are many candidates, the none of the below option allows a voter to pick out the 5 or 6 that he or she likes, put the none of the...
On Sun, 16 May 2004 16:59:10 -0000, "Brian White" ... Do you want to distinguish between those cases where a voter did not express a preference for a...
... It sounds like a bad idea, with this being the argument: Suppose the preferences are the usual and the paper has a negative weight. E.g. -5*(ABCDE) Then...
Brian, If the Citizens Assembly submission form wont accept your format, and you still want to use that format then all you can do is ask the webmaster for...
... where ... Brian writes< yes I do. When I go shopping, I am not able to and I do not want to be required to, rate every item in the store. When I voted way...
On Mon, 17 May 2004 22:18:29 -0700 (PDT), Brian White ... So a voter would classify candidates into 3 categories: (1) Those he wishes to support, or at least...
Thank you for the debate. Just one point. Your second category should be concidered "unknown". My problem in voting for unknown candidates is that they may...
On Tue, 18 May 2004 21:43:54 -0700 (PDT), Brian White ... In that case you would rate them as less bad than the candidates that you want to actively oppose. Or...
... I am sure a better idea is to reject Mr Riley's ideas (which didn't seem clear on what is on the paper), and instead prefer my suggestion (sent here in my...
... candidate ... vote ... I don't think this statement is correct. If you did not express a preference for any of the continuing candidates, then your paper ...
On Thu, 20 May 2004 17:25:54 -0000, "James Gilmour" ... But at the same time, a larger portion of other votes will be transferred onward, some of it to...
... Of course the argument is wrong. ... A· 30 AB 29 AC· 1 C· 29 ... The suggestion is that C ought not win ("perverse") and a Newland-Britton STV variant...
... a ... in ... may be ... Can you please explain this statement? How can any part of YOUR vote be transferred to a candidate whose election you oppose? If...
James Gilmore wrote In STV-PR you can effectively "oppose" the election of only one candidate, ie the one you place last in a COMPLETE list of preferences....
On Wed, 26 May 2004 18:23:39 -0000, "James Gilmour" ... Let me use an analogy. In the United States, a taxpayer may check a box on their income tax form that...