[EM] Combatting the Burr dilemna

[raphfrk at netscape.net]

 From: watermark0n at yahoo.com
 > My proposal is rather simpler...
 >
 > Everyone will submit a normal approval or range ballot. However, a
 > runoff election will be held between the winner of this and everyone
 > whom at least 75% of the voters who approved of him also approved
 > of. In range extremities of opinion would be taken into account.
 > This really can't have any negative effects, and would be simialar > to having a political primary after the election, in a non-partisan > faction (I have a strong belief in non-partisanship, as I believe > parties simply manipulate electoral systems, and are inherently > corrupt). The runoff is limited in applications, but it is better
 > than the rather arbitrary top-two runoff used in many nations.
 
 I was originally thinking of something similar, where a candidate
 has to be in a voting pact that is approved by a majority.
 
 These pacts are determined based on the ballots after the election.
 
 Something like:
 
 Voters submit an approval, a "second round" ballot and a ranked
 ballot. (all votes on one ballot)
 
 A ballot counts as approving a pact if all candidates approved
 on the ballot are part of the pact.
 
 Repeat the following for each candidate staring from the most
 approved candidate to the least approved candidate.
 
 - Determine the winner of the current pact using the second round ballots.
 
 - Add the new candidate to the pact
 
 - determine the winner of the new pact, if it is the same and the pact already
 has majority approval, skip this candidate
 
 - use the ranked choices to determine if the new pact is preferred
 by comparing the winners of both pacts
 
 - only ballots that approve of one or the other pact are counted
 
 - the winner of that vote becomes the current pact
 
 If voters voted
 
 25: A1, A2 | A1>A2>B
 30: A2, A1 | A2>A1>B
 45: B | B
 
 The results would be
 
 A1: 55
 A2: 55
 B: 45
 
 Assume 1 A1 voter defected, then A1 would have been highest.
 
 Current pact: A1 -> A1 wins
 
 Attempt to add A2
 Pact: A1, A2 -> A2 wins (accepted)
 
 Attempt to add B
 Pact: A1, A2, B -> A2 wins (IRV) (skip)
 
 Result: A2 wins
 
 I think may suffer from alot of issues depending on how the intra pact voting
 works.
    Raphfrk
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