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discussions prompted by Sennet’s news about RCV (IRV).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, I would also very much appreciate it if each contributor would help me test my claim that only EPR wastes no votes in the sense defined as follows by the 2<sup>nd</sup> paragraph in my EPR article:</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri">We see a citizen’s one vote as being
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">wasted</i> quantitatively to the degree that it fails proportionately to add to the voting power of the councilmember whom she has helped to elect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A citizen’s vote is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">wasted</i> qualitatively when it fails to increase the voting power of the member she sees as most
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fit</i> for the office, e.g. the one she trusts most to speak, work, and vote in the council as she would do herself if she had the time, energy, skills and opportunity to do so.<sup>8</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her vote is ‘partly wasted’ qualitatively when her vote is instead given to a member who is less valued by her.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Please explain how the voting method you </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">currently
most favor does or does not waste votes as defined above.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Also, do you agree with Balinski & and Laraki’s argument that grading candidates is more meaningful, informative, and discerning than ranking them (or by marking them in any other way)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Personally, I see this claim as valid given the observation that rankings can be deduced from evaluations (e.g. EXCELLENT, VERY GOOD, etc.) but evaluations (grades) cannot be deduced from rankings.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.25in;"><span style="line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri">What do you think?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I look forward to your feedback.</font></span></p>
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