[EM] average voting power and block votes

[Forest Simmons]

On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Richard Moore wrote:

> When I posted on this topic a while ago, I was trying to argue that "voting
> power" should not be calculated solely in terms of pivotal probabilities.
> 
> In the 3x3 committee voting blocks, if you are in block A and claim to be
> casting the pivotal vote, couldn't the other voter who votes the same as you
> make the same claim? 

Yes, in a symmetrical situation like this all voters have the same power.

> Therefore, your voting power is shared with that voter.

If my toothbrush is identical to yours, it doesn't necessarily follow that
each of us has only half of a toothbrush.

Forest