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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: New Voting Rules
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Date: 23 Oct 89 12:35:05 GMT
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In article <362@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> bernstei@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
> There's going to be some complexity in the new voting rules, no matter what.

There doesn't need to be quite this much. And adding fractional votes
significantly complicates the counting procedure.

Really, the STV system is simpler than the one you proposed.
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