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CLAY S | 27 Jun 19:53

Better voting

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.

http://rangevoting.org/UniqBest.html
http://rangevoting.org/StratHonMix.html

My hope is that in the long term, humanity adopts score voting, for the vast betterment of mankind.
http://rangevoting.org/LivesSaved.html

But we have to think "baby steps".  So getting groups like this one to give it a try is important.

You can read more about this issue in the William Poundstone book Gaming the Vote.

Regards,
Clay Shentrup
San Francisco, CA
206.801.0484

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Asheesh Laroia | 30 Jun 05:55

Re: Better voting

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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CLAY S | 30 Jun 07:21

Re: Better voting

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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       Any "idea" for which an outside consultant billed you more than
       $25,000.
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