I've arrived at my destination, so I'll try to process through this thread. It's substantial, so I'll probably have several comments to make. I'll start with a quick response to Kristofer.<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">... So, for rated methods, I suggest Majority Judgement.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I absolutely agree that a median (aka Bucklin) method such as Majority Judgment is a good solution to the problem you're talking about. But we activists really should push for consensus on which of these methods we should talk about, because the differences aren't important enough to justify separating our efforts.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I would suggest that we unite behind "Majority Approval Voting" as the exemplary median/Bucklin method. Kristofer: do you disagree? If so, why?</div><div><br></div><div>Jameson</div></div></div>