Re: Conclusion of the discussion of voting and super majority concepts?
On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 04:17:01PM -0600, Debian Project Secretary wrote:
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> Hi folks,
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> This is a preliminary recommendation from the folks examining
> voting methods. I am not sure we can use this for the coming election
> as the primary method, given the wording of the constitution. I am
> likely to use the vote machinery already in place, and compute the
> winner by the new, recommended method as well, but barring a
> constitutional amendment, the previous voting method is still going
> to be the final word.
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> Call this election the test period for the new voting methods.
>
> manoj
> ps: I am in the process of researching the algorithm, since to an
> uninitiated layperson like me, terms like "weakest defeat" need
> definition; anyone forwarding algorithms/psuedocode shall earn my
> gratification.
Do you still have the code I sent you last election?
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