[EM] "we only get one shot" (Re: RCV Challenge)

Kristofer Munsterhjelm km_elmet at t-online.de
Thu Jan 6 07:05:17 PST 2022


On 06.01.2022 04:59, Forest Simmons wrote:
> I'm sure it's more subtle than Coombs because Binomial STV, like
> Proportional Approval Voting PAV, [according to the impression I have],
> is supposed to evaluate slates of candidates before definitively
> eliminating anybody.
> 
> I like the idea of RP or MAM determining a fixed Elimination order. I
> wonder what Steve Eppley would say???

Strictly speaking, it's not entirely fixed: the order will usually
change after someone is elected and the surplus is redistributed. But
it's much closer to fixed than ordinary STV!

-km


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