Post in Delegate cascade voting and open elections

Michael Allan wrote:
> Hello to the list (apologies for cross-posting),
>
> Might anyone be interested in conducting some light research into
> cascade voting and open elections?  I ask because I am not a scholar
> of political science (but a software practioner), and I am working on
> a project that could use some scholarly guidance. (Not to mention, I
> have received helpful replies here before :)
>
> A delegate cascade (to define it) is a voting mechanism in which
> received votes are carried along with cast votes.  One who receives a
> vote is a candidate; one who casts a vote, a voter; and one who both
> receives and casts is a delegate.  As each vote is carried through
> successive delegates, it cascades with other votes.  For more info,
> (and my initial attempt at a grounding in theory) see:
>
>   http://zelea.com/project/votorola/a/design.xht#delegate-cascade
>
> Open elections are not yet formally defined.  Here is an informal
> description:
>
>   http://zelea.com/project/votorola/home.xht
>
> The research would be counterfactual because initial (experimental)
> elections are still a couple of months away.  But I hope there is
> still some advanced interest among scholars or students.  The
> interesting part is (as the links above elaborate) it is not merely a
> voting mechanism, rather the cascade embodies several processes of
> democracy at once.
>
> I can answer questions on or off list.  Thanks for reading,
>
> Mike Allan
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> http://zelea.com/contact.xht
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>
> P.S. This message is cross-posted to two lists:
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