[EM] questions

[Forest Simmons]

First Question:

Does anybody on this list believe that the following lone mark method is
inferior to Lone Mark Plurality?

Method:

(1) Each candidate publicly grades all of the other candidates.

(2) Each voter votes for one candidate.

(3) Each candidate casts one Approval ballot for each vote received.
    These approval ballots must be consistent with part (1).

(4) The candidate with the highest approval total wins the election.


Note that the method requires no modification of current ballots or
equipment.

Note that the method satisfies the Majority Criterion since any candidate
receiving a majority in part (2) can (and will) win by approving only
him/herself.

Strategy: you vote for the candidate whose judgment (of the candidates)
you trust the most.

It seems to me that there hardly any more incentive for the voter to vote
insincerely than there is in any other method that satisfies the Majority
Criterion.



Second Question:

Does anybody on this list believe that this method is inferior to IRV as a
public proposal?

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