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Post #31,211
by drewk
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3/7/02 12:44:36 PM
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New Ahh, got it
Now try to explain recursion to the Floridians who punched the ballot multiple times.
I can't be a Democrat because I like to spend the money I make.
I can't be a Republican because I like to spend the money I make on drugs and whores.
Post #31,216
by ben_tilly
3/7/02 12:52:01 PM
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New No need
People don't need to understand the mechanism of how the voting works. It is sufficient for them to just understand, It is a little complicated, but your first vote is for the guy you want, and your second for the guy you'll live with.

Kinda like it is today, except that now there is no point in trying to vote for the guy you want. (Which is how politicians nobody really wanted manage to stay in power.)

Cheers,
Ben
"... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything."
--Richard Feynman
Post #31,217
by Silverlock
3/7/02 12:53:07 PM
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New Good point
It needs to be made simple. Punch cards won't do it I'm thinking. Well maybe. You'd have to have all candidates listed twice. One set for first choice and another for second. If they pick the same candidate for both first and second, doesn't matter. In effect, they will have opted not have a second choice. Some actual testing of ballot designs with a representative sample of voters to insure the crap is understood needs to be done. Try out multiple designs until something is found with an obviously effective design.
With this much manure around, there must be a pony somewhere.
     Election reform bubbling up from grass roots efforts - (Silverlock) - (29) - March 7, 2002, 10:00:21 AM EST
         article was confusing to me - (boxley) - (8) - March 7, 2002, 10:09:21 AM EST
             They should have given some examples - (drewk) - (7) - March 7, 2002, 10:24:12 AM EST
                 how about gore/bush ? -NT - (boxley) - (6) - March 7, 2002, 11:07:59 AM EST
                     Been trying to figure that out - (drewk) - (5) - March 7, 2002, 12:20:12 PM EST
                         First choice, second choice. - (Silverlock) - (3) - March 7, 2002, 12:42:58 PM EST
                             Ahh, got it - (drewk) - (2) - March 7, 2002, 12:44:36 PM EST
                                 No need - (ben_tilly) - March 7, 2002, 12:52:01 PM EST
                                 Good point - (Silverlock) - March 7, 2002, 12:53:07 PM EST
                         There is a simple resolution - (ben_tilly) - March 7, 2002, 12:46:13 PM EST
         Will people understand how it works? - (drewk) - (17) - March 7, 2002, 10:13:44 AM EST
             Were's our Oz contingent? - (Silverlock) - (1) - March 7, 2002, 10:31:47 AM EST
                 Sorry, don't normally pay that much attention to this forum. - (static) - March 10, 2002, 09:25:25 PM EST
             It is really quite simple - (ben_tilly) - (14) - March 7, 2002, 10:44:24 AM EST
                 Death of the two-party system - (Ric Locke) - (5) - March 10, 2002, 12:07:31 PM EST
                     Potentially a problem - (JayMehaffey) - (3) - March 10, 2002, 02:07:01 PM EST
                         Military power outside borders? - (wharris2) - March 10, 2002, 02:30:11 PM EST
                         POTENTIAL problem? - (ben_tilly) - (1) - March 10, 2002, 07:08:28 PM EST
                             The Robot or the Dummy? - (nking) - March 10, 2002, 07:49:00 PM EST
                     Bring back the Whigs! - (nking) - March 10, 2002, 07:46:28 PM EST
                 180 from Jackson. - (mmoffitt) - (7) - March 10, 2002, 07:18:25 PM EST
                     May have been the right solution for the time - (JayMehaffey) - March 10, 2002, 07:45:26 PM EST
                     Money == Power - (Brandioch) - (5) - March 11, 2002, 09:00:34 AM EST
                         Why no such system will ever be devised here. - (mmoffitt) - (4) - March 11, 2002, 09:41:14 AM EST
                             Cynical you are, Grasshopper. - (Brandioch) - (3) - March 11, 2002, 11:23:01 AM EST
                                 Even less than that. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - March 11, 2002, 12:14:21 PM EST
                                     In a static system, I'd agree with you. - (Brandioch) - (1) - March 11, 2002, 12:56:13 PM EST
                                         Yes. - (mmoffitt) - March 11, 2002, 01:07:54 PM EST
         <cartman>Kick ass</cartman> - (Brandioch) - March 7, 2002, 12:27:32 PM EST
         Let's watch this.... next. -NT - (Ashton) - March 7, 2002, 04:43:14 PM EST

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