[EM] VoteFair representation ranking recommended for Czech Green Party

[VoteFair at SolutionsCreative.com]

> Jonathan Lundell wrote:

> > On May 1, 2010, at 2:15 AM, Markus Schulze wrote:
> > VoteFair representation ranking is described
> > in chapter 15 of this book:
> > 
> >
http://www.solutionscreative.com/download/EndingHiddenUnfairnessInElections_
OntarioVersion.pdf

> The book also claims that the underlying single-winner method
> (based on pairwise comparisons) is strategy-free.


As far as I know, the only strategy that could possibly work with the
Condorcet-Kemeny method is to try to create a situation that has circular
ambiguity.  This is very difficult to do in a way that is also likely to
produce a specific outcome.

(As a simplified explanation of circular ambiguity, it is a situation that
does not have a Condorcet winner.  In another message I described a way to
think of circular ambiguity.)

If the situation already involves circular ambiguity, it would be difficult
for a small number of voters to figure out how to control the outcome.  (A
large number of voters already have lots of influence.)

Keep in mind that I recommend the Condorcet-Kemeny method to identify the
most popular candidate.  I do not recommend that the second-most popular
candidate be elected to a second seat.  That would be vulnerable to
strategic voting.

For this reason I recommend VoteFair representation ranking to fill a second
seat (and additional seats).  It protects against excessive influence
through strategic voting.

Richard Fobes