[EM] "Win or Lose" by Anthony Gottlieb in The New Yorker

[robert bristow-johnson]

On Aug 15, 2010, at 1:05 AM, Leon Smith wrote:

> Here is a rather nice article;  it's unusual in that it doesn't place
> Arrow's Theorem on a pedastool,  talks at some length about the quirks
> of Instant Runoff Voting and the Burlington elections,  has an
> intelligent discussion of approval voting and range voting.   Quite a
> breath of fresh air from the tired old formula for voting-theory
> related media articles indeed!
>
> http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/07/26/100726crbo_books_gottlieb?printable=true

it was an interesting read.  thanks, Leon, for bringing it to our  
attention.  maybe i'll even buy the book (probably not, i feel like i  
am practically illiterate).

it barely mentions the Burlington election (it does twice) and doesn't  
really say what made it go "topsy-turvy".

while Googling the book author, George Szpiro, i came upon this website:

    http://aceproject.org/

have any of you seen this ACE Project thing before?  i have never seen  
the *.int hierarchy before (used for email contacts).  what is it?   
"international"?  their treatment of the different election systems  
(including references to AV and STV) could do a better job.

again thanks, Leon, for the tip to the article.

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