[EM] Symmetric ICT reformulation and exploration

[Forest Simmons]

On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 9:29 PM, Michael Ossipoff <email9648742 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes, it would make sense, and be interesting for a voting-system reform
> proposal to include CVT in its list of offered methods. Offer a complete
> variety, and let the initiative committee &/or the public choose. The
> addition of CVT would greatly broaden the variety. So the list could be:
>
> Approval
> Score
> Bucklin
> MDDTR
> CVT
>
> Actually, it might be best to include IRV, with a fair assessment of its
> advantages & disadvantages, so that people won't think that IRV is being
> prejudcially ignored, and so as to answer, in advance, any arguments from
> FairVote.
>
> Michael Ossipoff
>
> I agree, IRV should be included for the reasons you suggest.

Also, I think that the inclusion of a NOTA (none of the above) option on
the ballot should be a part of the CTV suggestion:  If NOTA gets the
highest total it means that too few of the voters trust the competence and
integrity of their favorites to act as proxies for them.
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