[EM] Remember Toby

[robert bristow-johnson]

On Jun 2, 2011, at 9:34 PM, Dave Ketchum wrote:

> Asset deserves a bit of study - the candidate you vote for can be  
> part of deciding who gets elected ...

that sorta smacks of smoke-filled room to me.  a general election  
should be decided purely by the electorate according to rules set  
forth in advance.  i guess it should be possible for some candidate,  
who's winning, to concede and let the next candidate in line (however  
the election method sorts candidates) to win office.  i dunno why that  
would happen unless there was a sudden scandal after the election,  
before taking office.

except, if that candidate runs with another as a team (like the  
American presidential election), then the other person on the team  
(the veep) should take office.

but i really don't like the idea of even the guy i voted for,  
negotiating, using assets that i have given him or her, the  
installation of the candidate i might like the least.  this happens in  
legislative bodies to determine the leadership in that body (like the  
Speaker of the House), but this should not happen for a general  
election in a democracy.

> Condorcet looks much like IRV to the voters.

we can be grateful to FairVote for that.  maybe that's unfair.

my fear is that Condorcet, if ever marketed to some town or state  
government, the opponents will just label it "IRV".  sorta like  
"McSame" in the last prez election.

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