Head to Head Comparison of Election Methods

Paul Dumais paul at amc.ab.ca
Fri May 21 07:25:45 PDT 1999


DEMOREP1 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Mr. Dumais' proposal fails my suggested YES/NO test for executive and
> judicial offices and issues -- whether or not a choice has "absolute" YES
> majority support (as with all ranking methods -- since ranking methods do not
> show absolute support but only relative support).

That is all that is required. Dumais voting can show YES support
reletive to No support just fine. It would be similar to ranking 2
candidates.
 
> Each choice should be judged whether it is acceptable regardless of any other
> available choice(s).

Could you elaborate? It seems to me you want to have a seperate vote for
each yes/no issue. I don't see this as a problem if that's what is
required. Just ask people to vote yes/no on each issue. Am I missing
something?

-- 
Paul Dumais



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