Voting system for elections
Josh berkus
josh at postgresql.org
Mon Jul 18 15:32:27 UTC 2016
On 07/18/2016 06:29 AM, Ian Jackson wrote:
> As has been discussed here many times previously, Condorcet is a bad
> system for multi-seat elections. Rather than electing a board whose
> composition reflects, proportionately, the views of the electorate,
> the majoritarian or consensus candidates (as applicable) will sweep
> the board.
Given SPI's history, that sounds like a feature, not a bug.
Also, generally SPI elections don't involve much in the way of published
views.
Not saying that I love concordet, just that this doesn't feel much like
an argument for change.
--Josh
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