[EM] Martin Harper's single vote assignment generalized to range voting

[Forest Simmons]

Let V(i) be voter V's rating of alternative i.  Let S(i) be the social
rating of alternative i, that is the average rating of alternative i over
all ballots. Then voter V's vote is assigned to that alternative i which
maximizes the product V(i)*S(i).

[We could min(V(i), S(i)) in place of the product V(i)*S(i) just as well.]


On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Forest Simmons <fsimmons at pcc.edu> wrote:

> If most people give sincere ratings, then you wouldn't need conditional
> approval.  Just list the parties in the order of average ratings, and then
> use Martini Harper's vote assignment method (adapted to score style
> ballots) to determine the proportion of the seats for each party.
>
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