[Elections] A simple SqF board elections solution using SqP

[Daniel Vainsencher]

 From what I've seen, Condorcet (possibly with one of the extra rules 
such as Schultze) is the most convincing tallying algorithm, so I don't 
think there's a reason to change the specs. If you're proposing to 
implement the system, and Condorcet seems to complex at the moment, 
implement any other tallying algorithm for a start, that uses the same 
vote format (the voter provides a preference order on the alternatives) 
and we can replace it in the next iteration, possibly by running one of 
the free software implementations via OSProcess, or whatever.

Peter is willing to help, but my understanding is he can't commit the 
time to lead the implementation effort. Cees, can you explain exactly 
what relevant code you have available, and what part you want to take in 
the implementation?

Daniel

Cees De Groot wrote:
> On 1/9/06, Peter Crowther <Peter at ozzard.org> wrote:
> 
>>I'd much *prefer* to use our own versions of these tools; I think we're
>>going to be up against it to get them stable in the time we have
>>available.
>>
> 
> Well, the alternative solution is of course to use a simpler voting
> scheme than Condorcet, which is probably one of the most complex you
> can have (ok, there's STV as well).
> 
> Is there so much wrong with just giving everyone 0...7 votes and
> making a tally? That'd be trivial to do in our own tools...
> 
> (one big reason Condorcet hasn't been adopted, I think, is that it is
> so damn hard to explain what happens :-))
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