Comments on: You say primary, I say… http://aftercorbu.com/2008/02/12/you-say-primary-i-say/ a machine for thinking in Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:20:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Quixote http://aftercorbu.com/2008/02/12/you-say-primary-i-say/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Quixote Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:07:02 +0000 http://aftercorbu.com/2008/02/12/you-say-primary-i-say/#comment-288 Yeah, there's a couple good ways of doing it I've heard one. One is instant runoff where the lowest total vote-getter is eliminated in each 'round' and those votes given to the second-choice candidate of the voter. Or you can receive points based on your ranking, so that a popular second-choice candidate can overcome people's split first-choice votes. Anyway, every system has drawbacks; the wiki article does a good job explaining the pros and cons of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting_controversies" rel="nofollow">IRV </a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borda_count" rel="nofollow">Borda Count</a>. Yeah, there’s a couple good ways of doing it I’ve heard one. One is instant runoff where the lowest total vote-getter is eliminated in each ’round’ and those votes given to the second-choice candidate of the voter. Or you can receive points based on your ranking, so that a popular second-choice candidate can overcome people’s split first-choice votes.

Anyway, every system has drawbacks; the wiki article does a good job explaining the pros and cons of IRV and Borda Count.

]]> By: katerlio http://aftercorbu.com/2008/02/12/you-say-primary-i-say/comment-page-1/#comment-287 katerlio Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:23:40 +0000 http://aftercorbu.com/2008/02/12/you-say-primary-i-say/#comment-287 ooo - that would be neat! but what if everyone sort of agreed on the second place candidate, but the first place nominations were all over the board? could you opt for the second best? i feel like its easier to agree on second best somehow... ooo – that would be neat! but what if everyone sort of agreed on the second place candidate, but the first place nominations were all over the board? could you opt for the second best? i feel like its easier to agree on second best somehow…

]]> By: Quixote http://aftercorbu.com/2008/02/12/you-say-primary-i-say/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Quixote Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:46:19 +0000 http://aftercorbu.com/2008/02/12/you-say-primary-i-say/#comment-285 Since caucuses go through iterations, I was imagining that a caucus ballot might allow you to rank candidates, allowing instant-runoff if your first choice didn't meet viability thresholds, etc. Of course, we could just do primaries that way, but even so reformed I think caucuses to be better (I say having never participated in one). Since caucuses go through iterations, I was imagining that a caucus ballot might allow you to rank candidates, allowing instant-runoff if your first choice didn’t meet viability thresholds, etc.

Of course, we could just do primaries that way, but even so reformed I think caucuses to be better (I say having never participated in one).

]]> By: katerlio http://aftercorbu.com/2008/02/12/you-say-primary-i-say/comment-page-1/#comment-284 katerlio Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:30:28 +0000 http://aftercorbu.com/2008/02/12/you-say-primary-i-say/#comment-284 would an absentee caucus be difft than an absentee vote generally? would an absentee caucus be difft than an absentee vote generally?

]]> By: Ways to End the World » Blog Archive » This. This right here. http://aftercorbu.com/2008/02/12/you-say-primary-i-say/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Ways to End the World » Blog Archive » This. This right here. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:09:58 +0000 http://aftercorbu.com/2008/02/12/you-say-primary-i-say/#comment-279 [...] I don’t feel comfortable enough in my understanding of the caucus process to defend it, but I do know enough to feel comfortable linking to Quixote’s defense. [...] [...] I don’t feel comfortable enough in my understanding of the caucus process to defend it, but I do know enough to feel comfortable linking to Quixote’s defense. [...]

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