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From: bee@cs.purdue.EDU (Zaphod Beeblebrox)
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Subject: Re: These new voting schemes
Message-ID: <8375@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>
Date: 21 Oct 89 09:04:21 GMT
References: <4771@ncar.ucar.edu> <6618@ficc.uu.net>
Reply-To: bee@cs.purdue.edu (Zaphod Beeblebrox)
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Said peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva): 
(in article <6618@ficc.uu.net>)
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| [ ... ]
|
|Votes:
|
|1 2 3 4	Name
|Y - Y Y	peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
|Y N Y N peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
|N Y N N sexton@gryphon.com (Richard Sexton)
|...

Actually this type of format could be used very easily to report the
modified STV (STV + "NO GROUP") that has been proposed.  Instead of Y
or N or -, put down the numerical position of the group in that
voter's preference list.  If "NO GROUP" is nowhere in the list, then
the others would be reported as -, indicating no support or opposition
for that group.  If "NO GROUP" is above a given group, then X is put
in the column for that group, indicating opposition to that name.
Hence the above might look like:

Votes:

1 2 3 4	Name
-------
1 - 2 3	peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
2 X 1 X peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
X 1 X X sexton@gryphon.com (Richard Sexton)

This would report very succinctly that the following votes had come
in:

peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
rec.arts.wotw
rec.arts.tv.wotw
rec.arts.war-worlds

peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
rec.arts.tv.wotw
rec.arts.wotw
NO GROUP

sexton@gryphon.com (Richard Sexton)
sci.space.wotw
NO GROUP


Personally I think that the modified STV is the best system by far.
It lets me vote for the groups I want, while preferring some names
over others.  It lets me make sure my vote will not be counted for
(indeed it will be counted against) groups whose names I disagree
with.  It also lets me vote for certain names while expressing no
preference either way on the rest.  I haven't seen any other scheme
that allows all this besides modified STV.

                                          B.E.E.
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  Z. Beeblebrox   |  "Some girl with psychic powers asked me,
  (alias B.E.E.)  |   'T-Bone, what's your sign?';
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