[EM] Viewable Interim results with permitted vote changing

[Raph Frank]

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Juho Laatu <juho4880 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> The problems of Approval might remain and even get stronger.
> 30: A > B >>
> 30: B > A >>
> 40: C >>

That pretty much looks like an A/B tie to me?

Anyway, the general problem is that you have a game of "chicken"
between the A and B factions in the AB party.  It is unclear how often
that would happen in practice.

You could have a system where the voters vote in groups.

For example, if the voters were split into 3 equal groups at random,
the results could be announced after each round.

A) Group 1 votes

Result = A

B) Group 2 votes

Result = A + B

C) Group 3 votes

Result = A + B + C

D) Group 2 votes again

Result = A + C + D (group 2's vote is updated)

E) Group 1 votes

Result = C + D + E (group 1's vote is update)

Group 1 have to vote first with zero info, so their second vote has most info.