Fwd: [apsa_itp] a quiet revolution in democracy

["Peter Muhlberger" <peter.muhlberger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Michael:  I like the idea of cascading delegation.  If properly
implemented, it might get rid of the tremendous political, social, and
economic power concentrated in the nomination process.  There's a
reason why most members of the senate are millionaires....

I would, however, want to investigate how resilient the system is
against a couple problems.  One issue is the 'wasted vote' issue.  In
the absence of broadly recognized candidates, wouldn't most people
vote in chains that terminate on people who don't have a prayer of
winning?  If so, this could prove highly discouraging to participants.
 A possible solution would be to hold runoffs in which people with
terminal votes could then delegate those votes to other candidates.
This would itself create some real complexities, such as danger of
vote buying / selling, excessive information demands (there could be a
large number of potential candidates).

Peter

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