Re: Better voting

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, CLAY S wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My name is Clay Shentrup, and I evangelize "score voting", also known as 
> "range voting", where the candidates are simply scored like books on 
> Amazon.  The candidate with the most points, or "best average score", 
> wins.
>
> This system is much simpler than your current Condorcet method, Schulze, and
> significantly better per an objective economic measure called Bayesian
> regret (calculated through extensive computer simulation).  This is
> especially true in light of strategic voting, which is a counter-intuitive
> result to some.

This is an interesting suggestion.  I'd love to hear what people have to 
say, especially Mako, who suggested our current setup.

-- Asheesh.

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