[EM] Condorcet and other authors on Condorcet (and how does range voting fit in?)

[robert bristow-johnson]

On May 17, 2010, at 3:06 PM, Warren Smith wrote:

> p149, Condorcet says voters should sign their ballots "there can be no
> drawback in making each voter answerable for their choice." Oh.

hey, we could put serial numbers on each ballot.  like they did in  
Iraq before 2002 (Saddam Hussein was re-elected with a 99% majority.)

i don't think that everything Condorcet said was good.  he's not  
Einstein (so far all the General Relativity nay-sayers have failed to  
disprove Albert).


i am curious how Range can be directly compared to Condorcet, IRV, or  
anything that uses a Ranked Ballot.  the ballots are different.   
assumptions need to be made in order to compare them.

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