Category Archives: constitution

Almost Invented Here — again

Posted on Saturday, 2005 June 04 by Anton

Once upon a time, probably 1983, I had an idea to maximize diversity in a representative assembly. You vote for more than one candidate. The ballots are counted once for each seat. On each count one winner is chosen, and … Continue reading →

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indirection

Posted on Friday, 2004 December 31 by Anton

We learn something every day. The old republic of Venice took indirection to an amazing height: New regulations for the elections of the doge introduced in 1268 remained in force until the end of the republic in 1797. Their object … Continue reading →

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how are cases named?

Posted on Monday, 2004 December 20 by Anton

How did the medical marijuana case now before the Supreme Court come to be called Ashcroft v Raich? I gather that it began life as a criminal case, which would normally be titled US v Raich. Or it could be … Continue reading →

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approof of appudding

Posted on Sunday, 2004 December 12 by Anton

What would political campaigns be like if approval voting — in which a vote for X cannot cause Y to lose to Z — were the rule? Candidates other than the frontrunners might do more “positive” than “negative” campaigning, in … Continue reading →

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approval

Posted on Friday, 2004 November 12 by Anton

My friend Mike Linksvayer links to some good info about voting methods. See in particular why the problem of “tactical” voting does not go away with Automatic Runoff (Australian ballot).

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QotD

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 November 10 by Anton

H L Mencken, quoted by David Friedman in the December issue of Liberty In nothing did the founders of this country so demonstrate their essential naïveté than in attempting to constrain government from all of its favorite abuses, and entrusting … Continue reading →