[EM] Approval Voting vs Instant Runoff Voting:

[David Catchpole]

Rolling would be Approval - an arbitrary system which is only effective
(like every other election method) given perfect information. Its only
advantage, that it involves no real insincerity, is a false one, because
it can only make that claim because Approval has no intuitive "sincere"
vote. Approval sucks. It does nothing to empower ordinary voters to ensure
their vote counts.

Yours sincerely, Darth Maul.

On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Forest Simmons wrote:

> Dear Ultra,
>
> I hope you never go over to the dark side.
>
> Forest
>
> On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Ultra Runner wrote:
>
> > Donald Davison wrote:
> >
> > > Approval Voting does subsidize the lower candidates while Irving
> > > insists on treating all the candidates and all the parties and all the
> > > voters with equality. The word `all' includes everyone, not just the lowest
> > > candidates and their supporters.
> >
> >
> > I guess Irving is a lot like Rolling.  Rolling also insists on giving everyone an equal chance ... Rolling the Dice, that is.
> >
> > Ultra    
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