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I'm not sure is others have seen it, but I found an interesting article
by Dan Alger on proxy voting here:<br>
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(.PDF format)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pubchoicesoc.org/papers/alger.pdf">http://www.pubchoicesoc.org/papers/alger.pdf</a><br>
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(Google HTML link)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:HyJsE1mJw4MJ:www.pubchoicesoc.org/papers/alger.pdf+%22proxy+voting%22+condorcet&hl=en&lr=lang_en">http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:HyJsE1mJw4MJ:www.pubchoicesoc.org/papers/alger.pdf+%22proxy+voting%22+condorcet&hl=en&lr=lang_en</a><br>
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>From the introduction:<br>
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<i>I introduce voting by proxy and compare it to direct representation,
plurality, and single transferable vote (STV), which voting by proxy
most closely resembles. With one at-large district and given the
legislators that constitute a legislature, voting by proxy maximizes a
legislature’s representation without degrading constituent service or
government stability. It also eliminates gerrymandering and allows a
legislature to rank its representatives by the number of proxies that
they hold rather than seniority, which would eliminate the
inappropriate advantages of seniority for incumbents. At the same time,
the tighter representative-constituent links that voting by proxy
creates leads to voters becoming better informed, so that special
interests have less influence. When voting by proxy is also used to
eliminate candidates, it provides better representation than STV or
plurality, and voting costs are reduced if computers count votes,
rights to debate are based upon the number of proxies held, and we
eliminate primary and runoff elections.<br>
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</i>Anyway, it's fairly recent (February 2004), so I thought I'd let
people know in case they were interested and hadn't seen it already.<br>
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Michael Rouse<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mrouse1@mrouse.com">mrouse1@mrouse.com</a><br>
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