[EM] publicly acceptability of election methods

Eric Gorr eric at ericgorr.net
Tue Mar 22 05:29:16 PST 2005


Russ Paielli wrote:
> What is too complicated? Nobody knows the exact answer to that question, 
> of course, but let me tell you what I think.
> 
> I think you can forget about any method that cannot be explained in two 
> or three sentences understandable by persons of average intelligence. 
> Maybe that can be stretched to four sentences, but that's really pushing 
> it.

Wouldn't STV then be defined as a complicated method?
It has certainly found acceptance among large populations.




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