<html><head></head><body name="Mail Message Editor"><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Number Votes - 10 April 2016</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">1. Use Number Votes (1, 2, 3, etc.) for each choice.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">A Voter MUST put a number vote for ALL choices.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">2. Vote YES or NO for each choice.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Numbered Boxes 1 2 3 etc. (i.e. total choices)</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva; min-height: 25.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></p><ol style="list-style-type: decimal"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva; font-size: 18px; ">4. Do Head to Head combinations math (would require computer voting in any large election).</span></div>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Test Winner(s) (TW) -- Test Loser (TL) -- Test Others (TO)</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Each TO 2nd or later choice vote goes to a TW or TL.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">5. If a TW wins in all combinations, then it wins.</span></p>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva; font-size: 18px; ">6. If a TW loses in all combinations, then it loses (and repeat step 5).</span></div>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva; min-height: 25.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></p><ol style="list-style-type: decimal"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva; font-size: 18px; ">7. Tiebreaker - If no TW, then add 1st plus 2nd plus etc. choices to get a Droop Quota (majority for 1 seat winner). If 2 or more get a Droop Quota, then any other non-Droop Quota choices lose (and repeat step 5).</span></div></ol><ol style="list-style-type: decimal"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva; font-size: 18px; ">8. OR -- have the lowest YES choice lose (and repeat step 5).</span></div>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Legislative bodies - each final winner would have a voting power equal to the final votes received.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">For multiple executive/judicial offices (e.g. elect 3 judges) the N highest Number Votes count - for TO transfer purposes.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Theory - Condorcet in France in the 1780s (repeat 1780s) noted that a third choice could beat two existing choices head to head --</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">A beats B</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">C comes along.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">C beats A and C beats B.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Divided majority example -</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">26 AB</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">25 BA</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">49 Z</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The Z voters (i.e. all voters) would be required to make number votes for ALL choices.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">i.e. example might result in --</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">26 ABZ</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">25 BAZ</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">26 ZBA</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">23 ZAB</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Z is beat by both A and B and thus loses.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">51 B beats 49 A.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Possible circular tie -</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">34 ABC</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">33 BCA</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">32 CAB</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">99</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Adding 1st plus 2nd votes -</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">34 + 32 = 66 A</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">33 + 34 = 67 B</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">32 + 33 = 65 C Loses.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">66 A beats 33 B.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">OR use Approval Votes - Lowest would lose.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">One of the two remaining would win.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Note - </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Number Votes are *relative* only.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Geneva"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Approval Votes are *absolute* only.</span></p></span></div><div class="aol_ad_footer" id="u36A430ED68FA4F0F99B5FCA539C16C4E"></div></body></html>