From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Fri Nov 10 2000 - 19:56:45 MST
Well to be fair that page did not contain the proof, rather it was an
overview of the prover I guess. Ever think of moving to a better state? :-)
Brian D Williams wrote:
>
> From: Brian Atkins <brian@posthuman.com>
>
> >Brian you might be interested in reading this regarding how the
> >electoral college can be proved using math to be "better" than a
> >simple majority style election:
>
> >http://www.avagara.com/e_c/reference/00012001.htm
>
> I didn't find anything there that "proved" that. The only thing I
> found was an explanation on how the electoral system prevents one
> kind of vote fraud, and the direct admission that under the
> electoral system it is the STATE that elects the president.
>
> When I ran into the "If you don't like our system move to Russia"
> part I left.
>
> Some years ago I read a paper on the mathmatical faults of
> democracy, I think I'll go look for that instead.
>
> Thanks for the input though.... ;)
>
> Brian
>
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