[apsa_itp] Delegate cascade voting and open elections

[Michael Allan <mike@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello to the lists (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

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