[EM] why 0-99 in range voting

[RLSuter at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/22/06 12:11:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
abd at lomaxdesign.com writes:

<< In meetings, voting on multiple-answer questions is rare. >>

Yes, but why? Because very, very few people -- probably
less than 1% of U.S. citizens, are familiar with voting
methods that can handle such questions in satisfactory
ways. They are rarely even mentioned in books about how
to conduct meetings, and when they are mentioned, they
are neither mentioned prominently nor described at all
adequately. So of course such voting has been rare. But
it could someday become very common, especially since
one of the best methods, approval voting, is also very easy
to use. Widespread knowledge of this simple fact could
transform the way meetings of all kinds are carried out --
from informal meetings of a few people to large formal
meetings such as political conventions, annual meetings
of large membership organizations, and sessions of
Congress and state legislatures.

-RS