Delegate cascade voting and open elections
From:
Michael Allan
Date:
Jan 13 03:55 UTC
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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
http://zelea.com/contact.xht
P.S. This message is cross-posted to two lists:
http://lists.hmdc.harvard.edu/lists/apsa_itp_at_lists_hmdc_harvard_edu/2008_01/
http://groups.dowire.org/groups/research