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Michael Ossipoff
Fri, Jul 19, 2024 6:45 PM

On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 11:10 Richard, the VoteFair guy <
electionmethods@votefair.org> wrote:

I prefer "dividing the one vote equally among them."

Okay

Decimal, rather than fractional, calculations are sufficiently accurate.

Of course round down, not up, for those calculations, and for reporting
the final results.

IMO, in voting situations, alphabetical order should never be used.
(Even outside of voting situations, I strongly dislike alphabetical order.)

Richard

On 7/18/2024 5:05 PM, Michael Ossipoff wrote:

Best would be to ask Richard whether he prefers alphabetical, random, or
dividing the one vote equally among them.

My first impression is that he doesn’t want any ordering.

Richard: What do you prefer?


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On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 11:10 Richard, the VoteFair guy < electionmethods@votefair.org> wrote: > I prefer "dividing the one vote equally among them." Okay > > > Decimal, rather than fractional, calculations are sufficiently accurate. > > Of course round down, not up, for those calculations, and for reporting > the final results. > > IMO, in voting situations, alphabetical order should never be used. > (Even outside of voting situations, I strongly dislike alphabetical order.) > > Richard > > > On 7/18/2024 5:05 PM, Michael Ossipoff wrote: > > Best would be to ask Richard whether he prefers alphabetical, random, or > > dividing the one vote equally among them. > > > > My first impression is that he doesn’t want any ordering. > > > > Richard: What do you prefer? > ---- > Election-Methods mailing list - see https://electorama.com/em for list > info >