Evaluation Philosophy

• Metric to optimize: Voter participation & voter honesty.
• Must be simple enough that voters understand:
  • How to vote.
  • What strategy they should use to optimize their voice (Ideally, “by voting honestly”)
  • How to interpret results
  • That the results are “fair”
• How would I personally want to cast my vote?
• Resistance to strategic voting is a primary goal
  • Encourage as much honest voting as possible
  • Minimize regret at casting an honest vote, or regret of casting a suboptimal strategic vote
• Any voting method with academic support is going to select a “reasonable” winner; instead of optimizing for how the winner is selected, optimize for what behaviours the voting system encourages from both candidates and voters.