[EM] SODA clarification

[Andy Jennings]

Jameson,

I have become confused about one point of operation in SODA.  Take this
scenario:

35 A>B>C
34 B>C>A
31 C>A>B

If A delegates to A,B then does B have 69 votes he can delegate to B,C or
does he have only 34 he can play with?

In other words, can votes delegated from one candidate to another be
re-delegated to a third candidate?

I looked at the wiki and still am unclear on this.  I still have the
original SODA proposal in my head (where votes could not be delegated
multiple times) and I can't remember if we've changed this detail at some
point.

Thanks,

Andy



On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Jameson Quinn <jameson.quinn at gmail.com>wrote:

> Russ, you said that SODA was too complicated. In my prior message, I
> responded by saying that it was actually pretty simple. But thanks for your
> feedback; I realize that the SODA page was not conveying that simplicity
> well. I've changed the procedure there from 8 individual steps to 4 steps -
> simple one-sentence overviews - with the details in sub-steps. Of these 4
> steps, only step 1 is not in your proposal. And the whole of step 4 is just
> three words.
>
> The procedure is exactly the same, but I hope that this version<http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/Simple_Optionally-Delegated_Approval#Procedure>does a better job of communicating the purpose and underlying simplicity of
> the system.
>
> Thanks,
> Jameson
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