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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Just a quick note to all, if I seem to be going after or down on whatever system of voting you prefer, don’t take it personally. It’s not that I have a better one in mind, it’s just that I have a drive to truly know each system top to bottom, no holds barred. And just because I find an aspect of a system is abhorrent is not to say that I won’t find another system even more abhorrent.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It seems that every voting system I have check out thus far has what I would certainly call deep flaws. Even if I remove some of the Criteria from the list that I don’t much care about – for example, if I understand it correctly, it doesn’t bother me if a well-supported compromise candidate (ranked as 1 or 2 by 90%) is elected over a more narrowly supported first place candidate that still got 51% of the vote.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But even if I remove from my personal consideration all the criteria that I don’t care about, there are plenty left that I do, and it sure is seeming that no matter what, even the least bad system is going to have some (to me) serious flaws.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So, again, if I am saying that your favorite voting system is horrible, that doesn’t mean I’m saying that it isn’t inevitable. Just that none of our choices seem that wonderful. After all, sometimes the lesser of evils is the best one can do – at least as a pragmatist, I must be open to that. <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standard'>-Benn Grant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standard'>eFix Computer Consulting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standard'><a href="mailto:benn@4efix.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>benn@4efix.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standard'>603.283.6601<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>