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[Phys-L] Re: A novel voting system



2) In theory, for each negative voting system, there exists a positive
voting system that is capable of achieving the same results.

Consider the three-candidate race (mentioned in my previous email) in
which all candidates (Ann, Bob, and Chuck) have the same net positive
vote except for the vote from the ambivalent voter.

In the "complete vote" system, the ambivalent voter would vote against
Chuck, resulting in a tie vote for Ann and Bob. In the "half vote"
system, the ambivalent voter opposed to Chuck would be forced to not
vote in order to get the same result. I don't think that is a
preferable system, in theory or practice.

3) In practice, a purely negative voting system just increases the
amount of work the voter must do to achieve the same result,
especially
if there are hordes of crackpots and spoilers running for each office
(as there surely would be under most such systems, since they would
have some chance of being elected, since being overlooked suffices).

I don't see the amount of work increasing for a voter. Nor do I see such
a "complete vote" system causing (any more) "hordes of crackpots and
spoilers running for each office".

Rick Strickert
Austin, TX
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