<div dir="ltr">I like it. It's clean and logical.<br><br>Regarding the 2nd level tie-breaker: looks like you're using a median-rating type of method there? What about Majority Judgment?<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"> Frango ut patefaciam -- I break so that I may reveal<br></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Lucas Dailey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lucasdailey@gmail.com" target="_blank">lucasdailey@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_2719699398554375642inbox-inbox-docs-internal-guid-1a73e9d1-001c-3fc4-fe6e-5c6af895927e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I’m working with some talented software developers to build an open source, multi-winner implementation of Ranked Pair/Tideman tailored toward budgeting to enable legislators to collectively and fairly rank their budget priorities to arrive at a democratic budget. As a former municipal legislator (Madison, WI) I discovered first-hand how dramatically typical budgeting processes can distort budgets and cause worthy initiatives to go unfunded.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">While building our open source software we quickly discovered the sort tie problem. I prefer Tideman/RP for public elections because it’s relatively conceptually simple compared to its criterion-meeting peers (I’m still a fan, Markus Schulze!). I can explain it to voters and politicians. However none of the Tideman tie-breaking procedures I’ve heard of meet that same criterion of explainability and grounding in democracy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I have a procedure that I believe meets those criteria, which I paraphrase as the “Lost worst: locked-in first” procedure. I like it, and I’d love to get feedback on it. I also imagine others have thought of it before so any research that’s been done would be helpful. Also the procedure wouldn’t work in every scenario so I proposed a secondary procedure that is less inspiring but still better than many alternatives (and also unlikely to work in every scenario).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We’re working to have the software ready in the next couple months, so any feedback now would be greatly appreciated. And of course if anyone wants to contribute to the project we’re happy to work with other developers, designers, and mathematicians. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here’s a quick deck explaining the procedure: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1K6VWjMwscspFKRzc2h6YWfWEkqdnQgcLVyVXdTsEbkE/edit#slide=id.p" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://docs.google.com/<wbr>presentation/d/<wbr>1K6VWjMwscspFKRzc2h6YWfWEkqdnQ<wbr>gcLVyVXdTsEbkE/edit#slide=id.p</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks in advance for your feedback!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cheers,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lucas</span></p></span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br class="m_2719699398554375642inbox-inbox-Apple-interchange-newline"></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal">Lucas Dailey</div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"><div><div>blog: <a href="http://medium.com/@lucasdailey" target="_blank">medium.com/@lucasdailey</a></div></div><div>work: Product Manager |<span class="m_2719699398554375642inbox-inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://propellerhealth.com/" target="_blank">PropellerHealth.com</a></div></div></div></div>
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