[EM] 3Ballot -- Condorcet version # (or is it #3?) by Mrouse

[Juho]

I think there are ways around this, or at least tricks that can make  
the problems more manageable.

The particular trick I'm thinking at the moment is to allow the voter  
to give her preference order to the voting machine in whatever nice  
way. Then the voting machine proposes three ballots. The voter is  
however able to change the ballots in whatever way she likes (the  
voting machine will assist her) . When she is satisfied she tells the  
voting machine to print the ballots. It is possible to manually check  
some rows that they are as intended (e.g. "A>B, A>B, B>A" is ok since  
she preferred A over B).

SInce many voters may just ask the voting machine to print the  
ballots right away without changing or checking them it would make  
sense to first propose a receipt (and corresponding ballot) that has  
random content that the voting machine has generated independently of  
the voter's preferences. (The other two ballots would be generated so  
that they take into account voter's preferences and the content of  
the first ballot.)

Juho Laatu


On Oct 3, 2006, at 23:59 , <mrouse1 at mrouse.com> <mrouse1 at mrouse.com>  
wrote:

> That's true, this method would definitely require computers to  
> generate
> the ballots, which is a fairly significant flaw. I was mainly  
> throwing out
> ideas to see if someone would think of something clever and say,  
> "AHA! If
> you just do it this way, people can easily cast a secure Condorcet  
> vote
> they can check later on."
>
> I didn't realize you had come up with something similar, and by no  
> means
> did I intend to take credit for it. I think the 3Ballot idea is clever
> enough that a bit of brainstorming can be fun.
>
> Michael Rouse
> mrouse1 at mrouse.com
>
>> To Mrouse:
>> you've come full circle - that pairwise plan was the one I originally
>> thought of before you came to my attention.
>>
>> However, I think you are going in the wrong direction because the
>> goal is to avoid need for govt-owned
>> computers that the voter has to trust to
>> (a) do the right thing and (b) not remember anything.
>> The goal is to get security without computers, without complexity,  
>> and
>> without having to trust.
>>
>> --
>> Warren D. Smith
>> http://RangeVoting.org  <-- add your endorsement
>> and
>> math.temple.edu/~wds/homepage/works.html
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