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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I guess (assuming I am allowed to duplicate ratings) I would call Additive Approval Voting an E (if we are using ABCDEF) – I like it better than DAT and IRAV, but less well than all the others. If E is not allowed, I guess flip a coin as to whether it gets a D or F.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>On a side note, it’s interesting how having this vote makes me more directly aware of the voting system than thinking abstractly about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standard'>-Benn Grant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standard'>eFix Computer Consulting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:benn@4efix.com"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:standard'>benn@4efix.com</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standard'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standard'>603.283.6601<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Jameson Quinn [mailto:jameson.quinn@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 17, 2013 3:04 PM<br><b>To:</b> Benjamin Grant<br><b>Cc:</b> Abd ul-Rahman Lomax; electionscience@googlegroups.com; election-methods<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [EM] [CES #8791] Upper-Bucklin naming (was: Median systems, branding....)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>New running tally. Current voting tallies in parentheses, ordered JQ/AL/RB/AJ/DSH/BG. Note the new option for Additive Approval Voting, which could be a winner if Abd, Andy, and Ben like it enough. Current contenders for best are in bold.<br><br>Instant Runoff Approval Voting: (B/A/F/C/F/F) Median C/F. <br><br>Descending Approval Threshold Voting: (A/B-/B/C/C/F) Median B-/C. <br><br><b>Majority Approval Voting</b>: (A/?/C/A/A/D) Median A/C<br><br>Majority Support Voting: (B/?/C/A/C/D) Median C<br><br>Cumulative Approval Voting: (A/?/B/?/D/A) Median B/D<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>Additive Approval Voting</b>: (B/?/B/?/B/?) Median B/?<br><br>Cumulative Support Voting: (A/?/B/?/F/C) Median C/?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Jameson<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>