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<pre><br>David:<br><br>You wrote:<br><br>I think if you're going to assess election rules based on real world<br>practice, you gotta have realistic conditions... and you gotta include<br>IRV3/AV3. I promise you that in the real world, it'd do just as realistic<br>as a lot of the other more complicated rules would.<br><br>[endquote]<br><br>Of course. If that method is one that is discussed here, then certainly it<br>should be used in the poll.<br><br>Now, could that method be used with only a ranking and the AERLO option?<br><br>Does it need information other than a ranking?<br><br>If it doesn't, then it could just be one of the ways of counting the rankings.<br><br>If it does, then, if IRV3/AV3 is popular on EM, and is one of EM's main<br>proposals, then the use of a special balloting for IRV3/AV3 is certainly<br>justified.<br><br>(The balloting so far are: Approval, Score, 3-Slot, and Unlimited Rankings)<br><br>If IRV3/AV3 requires information other than just a ranking, then it would<br>need a separate balloting, raising the total number of ballotings to 5.<br><br>But that's justified if IRV3/AV3 is one of the main proposals considered<br>here. I don't think that it's unreasonable for a poll to use special<br>ballotings for main EM-proposed methods that require a special balloting.<br>If IRV3/AV3 is popular on EM, then members wouldn't object to having<br>a special balloting for it. <br><br>Is there any objection?<br><br>Could you state the rule for IRV3/AV3 here? Does it need information other<br>than just rankings?<br><br>As I said, the creation of a poll must be a collective process, and <br>I have no objection to an additional balloting for a main EM proposal,<br>a method popular on EM. <br><br>Anyway, a collective process isn't up to me alone,<br>so of course I defer to what's popular.<br><br>Mike Ossipoff<br><br><br></pre> </div></body>
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