Hello Manoj, On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 09:12:52PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > An easier way is to look at the votes when they come > out. Anyone who votes further discussion in the top 3 is not > interested in compromise or consensus, and has decided "My way or > the Highway". Sorry, but I think this is not true. Voting further discussion in the top 3 may just indicate that the voter has found out about the implicit 1:1 super-majority requirement which we have in our current voting system. In my opinion the best strategy [*] with our current voting system is to rank "further discussion" second, directly after your favourite option. This slightly increases the chances of your favourite option winning (the others could be dropped because of the super-majority requirement). And you can still indicate your preferences among the remaining options. Rewarding insincere voting is the price we pay for introducing the quorum and super-majority mechanisms. Jochen [*] By "best strategy" I mean simply the strategy which has the highest chances of making your favourite option win. -- http://seehuhn.de/
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