[spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Prop: Elections

[Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:57:17 -0400, Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> An Idea presents itself:
> 
> I propose:
[snip]
> The choice selected by the Election is whichever choice appeared on the
> greatest number of Eligible voters' votes; in the event of a tie, Kurt
> Godel picks one of the tied choices to be selected.
[snip]
> If this results in all but one choice being eliminated, then that
> choice is Selected by the election. Otherwise, Kurt Godel selects one
> of the winning choices to be Selected by the election.
[snip]
> Then alter the preface (the bit before section A) as follows:
> Amend the first paragraph to read:
> " An Election is a type of event used to make a decision. An Election
> has five primary attributes: a list of Eligible Voters, a Duration, a
> Selection Algorithm, a list of choices, and a Moderator."
> 
> Add a new second paragraph:
> "The Moderator is an Outsider. E is responsible for counting the votes
> and announcing the results of the election."

Wouldn't it be better to use the Moderator to break ties, not tie it
to Kurt Godel?

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bd
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