[EM] Voting system "branding" poll

[Jameson Quinn]

IRV activists have done a good job "branding" their system. Although the
system was previously known as Hare voting, for its inventor, they chose a
short, descriptive name - IRV - and used it systematically to promote the
system. This is a crucial step for effective activism.

I've created a poll for naming/branding four
systems<http://betterpolls.com/do/1189>- Condorcet (Minimax); Bucklin
(2+1 rank, equality-allowed); Range/Score;
and IRV (because, although the name "IRV" has been well-accepted, I've also
seen a recent proposal to call it "Greatest Majority Voting"). There's also
a for-interest-only option to choose your favorite systems overall. It's on
betterpolls.com, which can score winner via various systems. Write-ins are
allowed and the polling is open for the month of September; results are
closed until then to avoid path-dependent polling bias.

Please vote in the poll and promote it (over email and/or social media).
Vote <http://betterpolls.com/do/1189>: you wouldn't want your preferred
system to come in last, would you?

I personally commit to abide by any naming decisions of the poll (by Range,
known as "raw ratings summation" there on betterpolls), as long as there are
at least 25 votes and no clearly-superior write-ins (to be confirmed, as
necessary, in a later re-poll). I'd also help get relevant URLs based on
poll decisions.

Jameson Quinn
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