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<blockquote data-quote="Conaill" data-source="post: 2062902" data-attributes="member: 1264">Gah, there's no pleasing some people!Fusangite, I gave you lots of references so you could go read up on Approval Voting yourself. It's been a staple technique for single-winner elections that any political scientist who's been around for the past 10-20 years would be very familiar with. If you've never heard of it, I'm sorry but that does not say much about your status as an &quot;informed amateur&quot;. No, it is not a &quot;crackpot scheme&quot;. Nor is it something dreamed up by a bunch of looney Nader supporters to take over the world. A voting method used by close to half a million scientists and engineers (including the US's most prestigious scientific organization - the National Academy of Sciences). Does that sound like a crackpot scheme?Sure, it is not as widely used as IRV in politics. IRV (Alternative Vote) is used in Australia, Ireland and Fiji. Approval Voting is used... well, by the United Nations so far. Then again, IRV has been around for 130 years (STV for 150 years), Approval voting for a mere 30. And I'm sure we wouldn't want to use widespread use in politics as a benchmark for quality, otherwise we might as well use winner-takes-all.Got to run. I'll be working through most of the weekend (which is partly why I've preferred posting links rather than go into long(er) diatribes), but I'll try to post some &quot;Ennified&quot; examples later this weekend, if I can find a scrap of time...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Conaill, post: 2062902, member: 1264"] Gah, there's no pleasing some people! Fusangite, I gave you lots of references so you could go read up on Approval Voting yourself. It's been a staple technique for single-winner elections that any political scientist who's been around for the past 10-20 years would be very familiar with. If you've never heard of it, I'm sorry but that does not say much about your status as an "informed amateur". No, it is not a "crackpot scheme". Nor is it something dreamed up by a bunch of looney Nader supporters to take over the world. A voting method used by close to half a million scientists and engineers (including the US's most prestigious scientific organization - the National Academy of Sciences). Does that sound like a crackpot scheme? Sure, it is not as widely used as IRV in politics. IRV (Alternative Vote) is used in Australia, Ireland and Fiji. Approval Voting is used... well, by the United Nations so far. Then again, IRV has been around for 130 years (STV for 150 years), Approval voting for a mere 30. And I'm sure we wouldn't want to use widespread use in politics as a benchmark for quality, otherwise we might as well use winner-takes-all. Got to run. I'll be working through most of the weekend (which is partly why I've preferred posting links rather than go into long(er) diatribes), but I'll try to post some "Ennified" examples later this weekend, if I can find a scrap of time... [/QUOTE]

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