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perhaps the best thing to do is to flip a coin Or have a runoff election, or have instant-runoff voting. Having elections determined by real or statistical coi
by MartinCron 14y ago
perhaps the best thing to do is to flip a coin
Or have a runoff election, or have instant-runoff voting. Having elections determined by real or statistical coin-flips undermines the (important) story of self-rule.
- danielweber 14y agoYou can't get rid of edge cases by moving the edge.
- gordonguthrie 14y agoYes you can. If there is a tie in the UK the result is chosen on a cut of the cards. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8668624.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england... The candidates agree, and the winner and loser both accept the outcome, works for me.
- esrauch 14y agoI'm confused by your reply. The grandparent comment was saying "You should never flip a coin", the person you replied to said (roughly) "It's impossible to avoid all situations where you can't measure the winner, you have to either flip a coin or just take the person who happened to come out ahead in the vote count". Your link to a place where they used a coin flip isn't disagreeing with him (nor really the grandparent, who wasn't claiming that you can't use a coinflip, but rather that you shouldn't use a coinflip).
- MartinCron 14y agoMaybe not, but you can lessen the real-world impact of edge cases by moving the edge.
- aqme28 14y agoAnd if that is too close as well?