Re: Constitutional amendment: Condorcet/Clone Proof SSD vote tallying
On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 02:39:08PM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> example: quorum of 20, two ballots on the measure, plus the default
> option. two major schools of thought: those that support option A, and
> those that support option B.
If the quorum of 20 is significant, neither school of thought is "major".
Perhaps "detectable" would be a better adjective.
> > * For example:
> >
> > quorum: 20
> >
> > developer has reason to believe that not many votes will be cast.
> > developer has reason to believe that the few votes which will be
> > cast will be in favor of an option which developer is opposed to.
> >
> > Casting ballot against that option might cause ballot to achieve
> > quorum.
>
> this is a strawman, because if <R people vote, then no option will
> achieve the R+1>default per-item quota.
Expressed in terms of scenario: A vs B, quorum 20
Case 1:
15 ABD
D wins
Case 2:
15 ABD
8 BDA
A wins
Here, the vote(s) for B caused A to win.
Other examples are possible (for example: 19 ABD, 1 BDA).
> > To make your proposal work right, we'd need a separate quorum
> > determination phase which is independent of the voting phase.
>
> i fail to see that argument.
See above.
--
Raul
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