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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT
Bold"">The
best available answer to problem of bloc voting is proportional
representation
of most<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>prefered
individual literary
choices by the single transferable vote. Make it easy on
yourself by
downloading the Meek method STV computer count. I think it’s
freely available
from the Electoral Reform Society. If not they could tell you
where. (The New
Zealand Electoral Commission use this method for some official
elections.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT
Bold"">Meek
STV will proportionally represent the greatest preferences of
any camp or
anti-camp, whether SJWs or Rabid Puppies or neither.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT
Bold"">I
suggest nominations for each category as an STV five member
constituency,
electing the first five preferences in each category. Voters
allowed as many prefernces as they like.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT
Bold"">A
second-round could elect a winner and runner-up to an STV two
member
constituency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Bold""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT
Bold"">The
problem with IRV, as an exclusion count, was summed up by
Winston Churchill:
the worst votes for the worst candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Bold""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT
Bold"">By
the way, I solved this problem with my innovation of Binomial
STV, which uses a
rational exclusion count, avoiding premature exclusion, as well
as a rational
election count. It would be useful in polarised elections, like
the Hugos,
because it enables voters to exclude candidates or options, they
least like, as well as elect those they most like.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT
Bold"">In
response to an EM group member, I web-paged an example of how it
works.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT
Bold"">From<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT
Bold"">Richard
Lung.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On 09/06/2016 17:17, Jameson Quinn wrote:
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<div dir="ltr">I will be attending MidAmeriCon II, the World
Science Fiction Society's "Worldcon" in Kansas City, Missouri,
from August 17-21, in order to help explain various proposals
that have been put forward to fix the nomination system for the
Hugo awards to deal with the "rabid puppy" situation (a group of
strategic voters who have gained disproportionate representation
among the finalists for the last two years; google it for more
info). I have been offered time for a panel discussion on the
future of democracy, elections, and voting. Does anybody on
these lists know anyone besides me who would be good for such a
panel? Anybody who's interested in these issues, whether it's
voting rights, abstract election systems, voting technology,
moderation or reputation systems in social networks, or anything
related, would be great. A certain amount of disagreement makes
for a more interesting panel, so I'm not looking for conformity
and I'd love people with less of a focus on abstract voting
theory. Any suggestions welcome; I'd be happy to do the
follow-up myself.</div>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Richard Lung.
E-books (mostly available free or reader-sets-price)
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.voting.ukscientists.com/colverse.html">http://www.voting.ukscientists.com/colverse.html</a>
Includes the series of books on:
Democracy Science (starting with electoral reform and research);
Commentaries (literature and liberty; science and democracy);
Collected verse (in five books).</pre>
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