Re: Norman Petry and I (Ossipoff) recommended CSSD, but Schwartz Woodall is a better voting system for Debian

2013-05-09 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 10:28:26AM -0400, Michael Ossipoff wrote: > > Below, I'll show examples of what can happen, but first I'll just > verbally summarize what can happen: First of all, of course A is the > CW. A is the "sincere CW". In comparison to each of the other > candidates, more people p

Re: Norman Petry and I (Ossipoff) recommended CSSD, but Schwartz Woodall is a better voting system for Debian

2013-05-09 Thread Michael Ossipoff
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 10:28:26AM -0400, Michael Ossipoff wrote: >> >> 2 defecting B voters have stolen the election from 99 co-operative A voters. >> >> >> >> Here's another example in which the 3 factions are near

Re: Norman Petry and I (Ossipoff) recommended CSSD, but Schwartz Woodall is a better voting system for Debian

2013-05-09 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 02:10:28PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Michael Ossipoff writes ("Norman Petry and I (Ossipoff) recommended CSSD, but > Schwartz Woodall is a better voting system for Debian"): > > Example 1: > > > > Sincere preferences: > > > > 99: A>B>>C > > 2: B>A>>C > > 100: C>>(A=B) >

Re: Norman Petry and I (Ossipoff) recommended CSSD, but Schwartz Woodall is a better voting system for Debian

2013-05-09 Thread Ian Jackson
Michael Ossipoff writes ("Norman Petry and I (Ossipoff) recommended CSSD, but Schwartz Woodall is a better voting system for Debian"): > Example 1: > > Sincere preferences: > > 99: A>B>>C > 2: B>A>>C > 100: C>>(A=B) > > The A voters rank sincerely, and the B voters defect: > > 99: A>B > 2: B >

Re: Norman Petry and I (Ossipoff) recommended CSSD, but Schwartz Woodall is a better voting system for Debian

2013-05-09 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 10:28:26AM -0400, Michael Ossipoff wrote: > > 2 defecting B voters have stolen the election from 99 co-operative A voters. > > > > Here's another example in which the 3 factions are nearly equal in size: > > Sincere preferences: > > 33: A>B>