[EM] RE: Cloneproof SSD

[MIKE OSSIPOFF]

>
>Just a reminder about clones.
>
>N1 A>B
>N2 B>A
>
>C comes along.
>
>N1.1  C>A>B
>N1.2  A>C>B
>N1.3  A>B>C
>
>N2.1  C>B>A
>N2.2  B>C>A
>N2.3  B>A>C
>
>Depending on the numbers involved, who is a clone (after C appears on the
>scene) becomes rather debateable-- the age of After Clone (AC) versus the 
>age
>of Before Clone (BC).

Even if the N1 rankings & the N2 rankings are for 2 different elections,
none of the candidates are clones. That example contains no clones.
Clones are adjacently ranked by everyone. No one ranks anyone else
between them. Your example contains no clones.

>Are votes cast depending on the election method being used ???  Obviously 
>YES
>- the now very old--- sincere versus insincere (strategic) voting.
>
>Something of a chicken-egg situation (especially with 3 or more choices).

Let's choose voting systems that minimize how much they strategically force 
people to vote insincerely.

Mike Ossipoff


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