[EM] 1/r as a voting system.

[Fred Gohlke]

Good Morning, Dermot

Thanks for your comment.  One of the many difficulties of sifting 
through the electorate to find the best advocates of the public interest 
is that many people lack the desire or ability to think carefully about 
public problems.  Yet, to build a bottom-up political process we must 
make it available to everyone.  Your idea ensures that those who 
participate are people with a genuine interest in public affairs.

I'm not sure how a clustering algorithm would work; perhaps an exchange 
of policy positions among interested parties.  In any case, the concept 
will evolve, probably with changes, as thoughtful people help smooth out 
the rough spots.  Like the autioneer says, "It doesn't matter where we 
start.  It's where we end up that counts."

Any method we can devise that elevates our best people to public office 
will benefit society.  It's a difficult task.  You've made a start. 
Let's keep it rolling.

Fred Gohlke