Subject: acka-research-digest V3 #199
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acka-research-digest     Tuesday, August 25 1998     Volume 03 : Number 199

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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 02:21:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3462

On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:

> You have two levels of vote:
> 
> Normal votes are cast as now.
> You can cast a double vote by publicly announcing it.  Doing so costs you
> A$50.  Double votes can be YES or NO.

We use to have the Extra Vote at A$100 way back.
I have one objection - too many non-player votes.

Niccolo Flychuck

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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 02:24:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Niccolo Flychuck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3462

On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:
> 
> > Actually, a modification of this might well work.
> > 
> > You have two levels of vote:
> > 
> > Normal votes are cast as now.
> > You can cast a double vote by publicly announcing it.  Doing so costs you
> > A$50.Double votes can be YES or NO.
> 
> In such a system, for simplicity, both Tammany and Bonus Votes would be
> abolished, and each Bonus Vote in existance would be converted into A$50.

Even Tammany or Bonus Votes alone are more interesting than this
suggestion, and not too complex as they are.
Tammany+Bonus Votes give a maximum of 5 non-player votes per proposal,
putting aside the number of Parties. Your system would give way too many
non-player votes per proposal.

Niccolo Flychuck

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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 02:27:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3462

On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Niccolo Flychuck wrote:

> Even Tammany or Bonus Votes alone are more interesting than this
> suggestion, and not too complex as they are.
> Tammany+Bonus Votes give a maximum of 5 non-player votes per proposal,
> putting aside the number of Parties. Your system would give way too many
> non-player votes per proposal.

Ummm, no.  They are not non-player votes - each is associated with a
particular player.  The system is basically a question of "how strongly
do you care about this issue?" - care a little and you just vote normally,
care a lot and you have to tell everyone and spend some money.  It's still
your vote, it is just that it counts for 2.

- -- 
Duncan C. "" Richer aka
Slakko (Lost) Warner - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ - Queens' College
Cambridge, 1st Year PhD(Pure Maths), CUDipSoc, CUSFS, CUSTS, CURS etc
Ackanomic - Web-Harfer, CotC, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer, Senator

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