[EM] Voting system "branding" poll

[Jameson Quinn]

One thing I thought of too late to put it into the poll (I can't change it
now, as there are already 4 votes) - we should also agree on an anti-brand
for Plurality.

Plurality
First Past the Post (FPTP)
One Vote Only
The one-vote, lesser-evil (OVLE) system
Favorite Hideous Space Reptile (FHSR)
system<http://www.snpp.com/episodes/4F02.html>
....

(Personally, I like OVLE. It's honest, without that slight hint of
naming-bias which might taint the last suggestion. I honestly think that if
we all started using "One Vote, Lesser Evil (OVLE)", it could catch on.)

Do people think it's worth making another poll for this?

JQ

2010/8/29 Jameson Quinn <jameson.quinn at gmail.com>

> 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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