These sorts of election systems eliminate the so-called "spoiler effect," which our current system is unfortunately susceptible to. This is where a minority party's candidacy can result in the election of a candidate dissimilar to them, rather than the candidate more similar to the minority party.
Nader is accused of having this effect on the current race, and many fear that his candidacy will contribute to the election of the "greater of two evils." With approval voting, this wouldn't be an issue, as the Nader voters could instead vote that either of two choices (Nader & Kerry) would be better than the third (Bush).
The rotten fish eater, although I can't remember his name right now, was clearly a bad guy, while Enoch Root is more of a mysterious/good/Gandalf character.
My band has been on garageband.com for a while now (Trinidad Fiasco), and although we haven't climbed too high on the charts yet, I really like the site.
The great thing about garageband is the reviewing process. The way they've set it up, if you want to submit a song for peer review, you first have to review 15 randomly chosen songs from other bands. You can also review extra songs to put your songs up for review next. This way, you can't inflate your ratings by downloading your own song all day, and you can't get your friends to give you great reviews because of the random selection.
So, even though the reviews still depend on the questionable taste of all the other struggling musicians on the site, they're distributed and considered as fairly as possible.
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Nader is accused of having this effect on the current race, and many fear that his candidacy will contribute to the election of the "greater of two evils." With approval voting, this wouldn't be an issue, as the Nader voters could instead vote that either of two choices (Nader & Kerry) would be better than the third (Bush).
The rotten fish eater, although I can't remember his name right now, was clearly a bad guy, while Enoch Root is more of a mysterious/good/Gandalf character.
Christ... They oughta remind you to check your links before you post or something... The real link: Trinidad Fiasco
The great thing about garageband is the reviewing process. The way they've set it up, if you want to submit a song for peer review, you first have to review 15 randomly chosen songs from other bands. You can also review extra songs to put your songs up for review next. This way, you can't inflate your ratings by downloading your own song all day, and you can't get your friends to give you great reviews because of the random selection.
So, even though the reviews still depend on the questionable taste of all the other struggling musicians on the site, they're distributed and considered as fairly as possible.