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From: jwi@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Voting, single transferrable vote, etc
Summary: I like it too
Message-ID: <1409@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>
Date: 13 Oct 89 14:59:05 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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| Alien> When a call for votes is proposed, include ALL proposed names.
| Alien> Each person voting votes yes/no on EACH name.  A voter simply
| Alien> votes YES on all the names he would find acceptable, and NO on
| Alien> all the names he does not.
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| Kayvan> I *like* this idea!!!
| Kayvan> It's simple and seems to have all the advantages of many of the other
| Kayvan> voting schemes proposed.
| 
| Cathy> I like it too!  It also allows easy abstention, for those who don't
| Cathy> care.  If you don't want sci.painting for naming reasons, but you don't
| Cathy> care about (or don't think you are qualified to vote on) rec.painting,
| Cathy> then you submit a NO vote for sci.painting and you don't submit any
| Cathy> vote on rec.painting.

I like it too! It provides a simple way to end 
these endless flame wars.

Jim Winer -- The opinions expressed here are not necessarily
	     and do not represent nor in any way imply
	     of any other sane person and especially not
	     employer.
"I'd like to see this petty bickering ended so we could get to some 
more important bickering." -- David Bedno