[FC-discuss] Better voting

[CLAY S]

cool.  thanks.

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 20:55, Asheesh Laroia <freeculture at asheesh.org>
wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, CLAY S wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > My name is Clay Shentrup, and I evangelize "score voting", also known as
> > "range voting", where the candidates are simply scored like books on
> > Amazon.  The candidate with the most points, or "best average score",
> > wins.
> >
> > This system is much simpler than your current Condorcet method, Schulze,
> and
> > significantly better per an objective economic measure called Bayesian
> > regret (calculated through extensive computer simulation).  This is
> > especially true in light of strategic voting, which is a
> counter-intuitive
> > result to some.
>
> This is an interesting suggestion.  I'd love to hear what people have to
> say, especially Mako, who suggested our current setup.
>
> -- Asheesh.
>
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