[EM] One vote per voter

[Forest Simmons]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Tom Ruen wrote:

> Anthony,
> 
> I appreciate your defense for approval. I'm not surrendering full-vote
> Approval as a good concept. I agree with your defense for one vote per
> candidate in approval.
> 
> Plurality and approval are different systems and I don't think you can ever
> judge that one is right and the other wrong. They are simply different.
> 
> Full vote Approval doesn't help with Proportional Representation.

Actually, the best Proportional Representation system for multiwinner
elections with a half dozen or fewer positions to be filled is PAV
(Proportional Approval Voting).

I'll send you a copy of it, since you weren't here when we had our big
discussions about it.

Forest