[EM] RE: assumption of sincere ballots
Chris Benham
chrisbenham at bigpond.com
Thu May 19 22:00:50 PDT 2005
Forest,
I wrote:
> Normally if there is a lot of ill-will between rigid majority and
> minority factions, then the majority will not assent to a raffle, and
> if there is one the losing side will suspect that it was rigged.
By "assent to a raffle" I meant "assent to any sytem for filling
powerful public offices that has a big random element", and wasn't
referring to their voting strategy once that method is
established. (Maybe it could be forced on them by some external power.)
Chris Benham
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