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Richard Lung
Wed, Mar 27, 2024 8:08 AM

The digests are a bit confusing to me. Maybe I missed some of the
original messages.

Thankyou Kristofer for finding the GitHub link:

https://github.com/Esrot-Clients/STV_CSV/tree/master

There were, howewer, other links. The above link was just to the
Binomial STV coding by the programmer.

There was also a link to a so-called front-end of the progam enabling
voters to use the counting program. I also have an instructions manual,
I think in a pdf. I have not heard further from the list manager after
his decision to suspend their posting.

With regard to time-like curves saying:

"Apportionment is equivalent to proportional representation in the case
where voters cast partisan votes. i.e. if the party-list form of your
rule fails a criterion, your rule also fails that criterion."

Voters don't cast "partisan votes", vote-riggers cast partisan election
methods, quite apart from whether the voters are partisan or not.

It is true that mankind has an immemorial tribal ancestry that makes it
so divisive. But some of us prefer a transferable voting system that
makes unity possible, unlike party list voting.

Regards,

Richard Lung.

The digests are a bit confusing to me. Maybe I missed some of the original messages. Thankyou Kristofer for finding the GitHub link: https://github.com/Esrot-Clients/STV_CSV/tree/master There were, howewer, other links. The above link was just to the Binomial STV coding by the programmer. There was also a link to a so-called front-end of the progam enabling voters to use the counting program. I also have an instructions manual, I think in a pdf. I have not heard further from the list manager after his decision to suspend their posting. With regard to time-like curves saying: "Apportionment is equivalent to proportional representation in the case where voters cast partisan votes. i.e. if the party-list form of your rule fails a criterion, your rule also fails that criterion." Voters don't cast "partisan votes", vote-riggers cast partisan election methods, quite apart from whether the voters are partisan or not. It is true that mankind has an immemorial tribal ancestry that makes it so divisive. But some of us prefer a transferable voting system that makes unity possible, unlike party list voting. Regards, Richard Lung.