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<br>After posting yesterday, I realized that the credentials are relevant to the declaration-signing, rather than to the answers for <br>Democracy Chronicles. <br><br><br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="ltr">
<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It [the declaration] recommends 4 methods. If for some reason you don't want to just <a href="http://www.bansinglemarkballots.org/" target="_blank">read it</a>,<br><br>[endquote]<br><br>I have no objection to reading it. In fact, I've been meaning to read it again. Thanks for the additional link, above.<br><br>You continued:<br><br> here's my summary:</div><div> </div>
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Range or Score Voting <br>Majority Judgement (median point totals)<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You missed Condorcet (does not specify which form)</div><div><br>[endquote]<br><br>Yes, I did, but I included Condorcet in my 2nd answers posting, the one for which I used the correct<br>subject-line.<br><br>You added:<br><br></div><div>It also mentions 2 others:</div>
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<div><div dir="ltr">SODA (simple optionally delegated Approval)<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In the declaration, SODA is mentioned as "too soon to recommend but merits further study".<br>The
declaration mentions both advantages and disadvantages of IRV, and says
that there are both signers who support and those who oppose the
system.<br><br></div><div> [endquote]<br><br>Right, I remember that IRV was mentioned with a lower status than the others. I didn't remember that <br>SODA wasn't recommended along with Approval, Range, and Median Totals (Majority-Judgement).<br><br>I like it that the recommendations for public elections don't include the flagrantly FBC-failing IRV.<br><br>As for SODA, I can understand their hesitation to recommend something new, and also very different, though I'm sure that<br>SODA would be a fine enhancement option for Approval.<br><br>I'm entirely pleased with the declaration's recommendations.<br><br>Mike Ossipoff<br><br></div><br> </div></body>
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