Voting rules & NotA significance

[Mueller, Milton L]

> Ok, this is eloquently put. :)

Eloquent, or elegant, this system in extreme cases just doesn’t work.

Here is an example.

Steph, Rafik and Ed are running for Council
Hypothetical: there are 100 voters. Of those 100:

100 tick the box for Stephanie
80 tick the box for Rafik and the other 20 tick NOTA
10 tick the box for Ed and the other 90 tick NOTA

In this election, NOTA gets 110 votes and beats everybody. This is, obviously, stupid. 2 of the candidates beat NOTA by a wide margin

The 20 people (purely hypothetical) who voted for NOTA instead of Rafik should only be counted against Rafik
The 90 people (purely hypothetical) who voted for NOTA instead of Ed should only be counted against Ed
We CANNOT sum NOTA votes as applying to all candidates

---MM



From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Raoul Plommer
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Subject: Re: Voting rules & NotA significance

Ok, this is eloquently put. :)

On 25 August 2016 at 14:47, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com<mailto:wjdrake at gmail.com>> wrote:

On Aug 25, 2016, at 13:19, avri doria <avri at ACM.ORG<mailto:avri at acm.org>> wrote:

There can be at most 3 votes.

In counting, those with more votes than NOTA are elected.

voila

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