[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Mar. 25 Humanist Forum: Counting votes — Which Flawed System Do You Prefer?

[Gerry Gras]

FYI,

Gerry


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Subject: 	Mar. 25 Humanist Forum: Counting votes — Which Flawed System
Do You Prefer?
Date: 	Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:07:56 -0700
From: 	Alex Havasy <ahavasy at gmail.com>
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The elections in San Francisco last fall highlighted once again the
thorny issue of how votes are counted, with the poll results being
counted on that occasion using the ranked-choice system. Is that the
best method? On the face of it, you’d expect mathematics to provide the
answer, as it does on so many occasions. Unfortunately, when it comes to
the democratic process, the one thing mathematicians are sure of is
there is no perfect method. Dr. Keith Devlin, Executive Director, H-STAR
Institute, Stanford University, and "the Math Guy" on National Public
Radio, will explain some of the flaws of all the systems.
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