Comments on: Trends in fairness and complexity http://cognitivesandbox.com/posts/trends-in-fairness-and-complexity/ Vegan cooking, unix tidbits and other minor discoveries Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:33:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brad Beattie http://cognitivesandbox.com/posts/trends-in-fairness-and-complexity/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Brad Beattie Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:01:50 +0000 http://www.cognitivesandbox.com/?p=1833#comment-169 I definitely have my systems I prefer over STV (at the moment it's <a href="http://elections.cognitivesandbox.com/#ignored" rel="nofollow">Ranked Pairs using ratings ballots</a>), but I'm on board with anything that moves us along that historical trend towards fairer systems. I'm thinking lately that smaller steps are in order, by which I mean instituting electoral reform at municipal levels. BC-STV recently failed with only 39% support, but Vancouver was 47% for it, Victoria 59%. I'm preparing a presentation for <a href="http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/mayorcouncil/speaktocouncil.htm" rel="nofollow">Vancouver's city council</a>. Maybe that's the next step. *shrug* I definitely have my systems I prefer over STV (at the moment it’s Ranked Pairs using ratings ballots), but I’m on board with anything that moves us along that historical trend towards fairer systems.

I’m thinking lately that smaller steps are in order, by which I mean instituting electoral reform at municipal levels. BC-STV recently failed with only 39% support, but Vancouver was 47% for it, Victoria 59%. I’m preparing a presentation for Vancouver’s city council. Maybe that’s the next step. *shrug*

]]> By: Ratel http://cognitivesandbox.com/posts/trends-in-fairness-and-complexity/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Ratel Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:36:52 +0000 http://www.cognitivesandbox.com/?p=1833#comment-168 Great description, I drew out something similar once but never followed it through. I wish more people would see electoral reform this way. There are some people who are attached to particular systems and aren't willing to settle for improvements that aren't perfect. We all need to recognize there is no such thing as a perfect democratic system and that the goal is progress towards more fairness, not some particular implementation of PR or any other type of reform. thanks. Great description, I drew out something similar once but never followed it through. I wish more people would see electoral reform this way. There are some people who are attached to particular systems and aren’t willing to settle for improvements that aren’t perfect. We all need to recognize there is no such thing as a perfect democratic system and that the goal is progress towards more fairness, not some particular implementation of PR or any other type of reform.

thanks.

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