[EM] Poll on voting-systems, to inform voters in upcoming enactment-elections

[Chris Benham]

I would like to nominate several methods.

Smith//Approval (Ranking):

Voters rank from the top only those candidates they "approve", 
equal-ranking allowed,
the most approved member of the voted Smith set wins.

Smith//Approval (specified cutoff):

Voters rank from the top however many candidates they wish and can also 
specify an approval
cutoff/threshold. Default approval is only for candidates ranked below 
no others (i.e. ranked top
or equal-top).
The most approved member of the Smith set wins.

Margins Sorted Approval (specified cutoff):

Voters rank from the top however many candidates they wish and can also 
specify an approval
cutoff/threshold. Default approval is only for candidates ranked below 
no others (i.e. ranked top
or equal-top).

A Forrest Simmons invention. Candidates are listed in approval score 
order and if any adjacent pairs
are pairwise out of order then this is corrected by flipping the 
out-of-order pair with the smallest
margin. If there is a tie for this we flip the less approved pair. 
Repeat until there are no adjacent pairs
of candidates that are pairwise out of order, then elect the 
highest-ordered candidate.

Smith//:DAC

Voters rank from the top however many candidates they wish, 
equal-ranking allowed.
Eliminate candidates not in the Smith set and then apply 
Woodall's Descending Acquiescing Coalitions method.

There is a method I hate that is apparently contending in the real 
world: "STAR". Given the stated purpose of
this poll, is there a case for including it?

Chris Benham



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> EM used to do a lot of polls, but now never does. So I wouldn’t propose
> one, if it weren’t for the fact that, this year, the voters of at least two
> states are going to vote on whether to enact a certain voting-system.
>
> It seems to me—tell me if I’m wrong—that those people have a right to know
> how people familiar with voting-systems feel about the relative merits of
> some voting-systems.
>
> So, though I claim that polls are valuable for demonstrating the experience
> of using the voting systems, & how they work, & what they’ll do—& are
> therefore useful & worthwhile for their own sake—this poll that I now
> propose isn’t a poll for its own sake.
>
> It is, as I said, proposed for the important practical purpose of letting
> the voters in the upcoming enactment-elections know how we feel about the
> relative merits of some voting-systems, including the one that they’re
> about to vote on the enactment of.
>
> The voting-method for the poll:
>
> It seems to me that Schulze is the most popular ranked voting-system, among
> the people at EM.
>
> …& it seems to me that the last time we voted on EM’s collective favorite
> voting-system, Approval won.
>
> Those seem the top-two, in EM popularity.
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