But why would the voters be less interested in whether politicians violate promises if they follow the advice of VAA's? It seems to me that if anything they'd be more interested. Under a VAA system in effect politicians have made many more and more precise promises to voters than they have under the present system.
Probably a "fulfillment of promises" score could and should be worked out along with the VAA. Politicians could be forced to sign beforehand how highly they value different questions. If they, e.g. broke a promise that they assign 5 % value to (out of a total of 100 %), they'd get a fulfillment of promises score of -5 %. That way it would be more transparent which politicians break their promises and which don't, too.
But why would the voters be less interested in whether politicians violate promises if they follow the advice of VAA's?
The VAA doesn't give the voter Alice any information about whether the politician held the promises they made 4 years ago. At least I'm not aware of a VAA that does this.
For many political promises it's not trivial to judge whether or not the politician holds a promise. It's often a qualitative judgement for which you need a trusted authority Carol. Any Carol that serves as such an authority is going to be attacked for perceived bias ...
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