[EM] Declaration of Election-Method Experts and Enthusiasts

[Richard Fobes]

On 8/30/2011 7:17 AM, Jameson Quinn wrote:
 > Why did you replace MJ with MCA? ...

I was not aware that I made such a change.  If I did, I apologize.  I 
was blending the version I had written (before you made your changes) 
with your latest edits, and I may have made such a mistake.

In any case, I am not very familiar with MJ and MCA methods, so I have 
been counting on you to deal with those descriptions.  My edits are for 
the purpose of cleaning up the wording.

In other words, please change it back to what you and other MJ/MCA 
advocates think it should be.

Speaking of wording edits, as I said in a Google Docs comment, it would 
be best to avoid the word "median" in the description, and find a way to 
use the word "half" instead (such as "half the voters ...., and the 
other half ...").

I do agree that the name Bucklin is best avoided because of its 
historical past of having been used and rejected.

Richard Fobes


On 8/30/2011 7:17 AM, Jameson Quinn wrote:
> Why did you replace MJ with MCA? I understand that MCA's Bucklin-like
> logic is somewhat easier to explain to those who don't know what a
> median is; and certainly the methods are similar enough; but I
> deliberately chose to speak of MJ as the representative Bucklin method,
> because it has the clearest definition and the strongest support in the
> academic and popular literature. I still think MJ is the right choice
> for this statement, though I could be convinced otherwise if some
> serious MCA supporters came out of the woodwork.
>
> JQ
>
> 2011/8/30 Richard Fobes <ElectionMethods at votefair.org
> <mailto:ElectionMethods at votefair.org>>
>
>     On 8/29/2011 6:39 PM, Jameson Quinn wrote:
>      > I have made some further changes to the statement
>      >
>     <https://docs.google.com/__document/d/__1oyJLxI9dciXBbowM5mougnbGHzkL3__Ue1QkD8nnMwWLg/edit?hl=en_US
>     <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oyJLxI9dciXBbowM5mougnbGHzkL3Ue1QkD8nnMwWLg/edit?hl=en_US>>
>      > ...
>
>     And I've made yet more changes -- to implement the requests made
>     earlier.
>
>     <https://docs.google.com/__document/d/__1oyJLxI9dciXBbowM5mougnbGHzkL3__Ue1QkD8nnMwWLg/edit?hl=en_US
>     <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oyJLxI9dciXBbowM5mougnbGHzkL3Ue1QkD8nnMwWLg/edit?hl=en_US>>
>
>     I have not yet written the section about rounds of voting, which is
>     an addition that was requested.
>
>     Richard Fobes
>
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