<html><head></head><body class="ApplePlainTextBody" dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Date:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Thu, 12 May 2016 10:31:40 -0400<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>From:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ralph Suter <RLSuter@aol.com><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>To:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>election-methods@lists.electorama.com<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Subject:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[EM] Two mathematicians propose new voting method, Majority Judgment<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Message-ID:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><f40a7cd1-ffd7-635a-6fb9-89766bab3bdd@aol.com><br><br><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Two French mathematicians, who say they have spent the last dozen years studying voting systems, have proposed a new method they call Majority Judgment.<br></blockquote><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This system is about as new as the pyramids. We covered this already. I even answered your question about a Score-Hybrid:<br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Have score candidates on a scale of -9 to +9 skipping over 0 (this forces voters to come down 1 way or another about a candidate) and allowing them to skip candidates, with skipped candidates receiving a score of -9.<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Take the median.<br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Their system can lead to multiple candidates tying.</body></html>