[EM] A four bit (sixteen slot) range style ballot

[Kevin Venzke]

Hi Kristofer,

--- En date de : Lun 14.6.10, Kristofer Munsterhjelm <km-elmet at broadpark.no> a écrit :
> That's a point. Let's say that this means that Majority can
> only work when a majority ranks a single candidate top. Then
> I think Approval will satisfy that variant of Majority, as
> well; if a majority approves only of a single candidate,
> that candidate will win, even if the minority approves of
> everybody but that candidate. The reasoning would then be:
> if a majority approves of more than one candidate, Majority
> doesn't come into play, as there's no majority with a strict
> preference.
> 
> In other words, Approval would be a system where your
> ballots are limited to ballots of the sort:
> 
> A > B = C
> A = B > C
> A = B = C
> 
> It would "work", but it's a big hack and definitely doesn't
> meet universal domain - thus you could argue that the
> situation weakens the Majority criterion, making it easier
> to pass.

I don't see any need to interpret Approval as failing universal domain
to make this work. It works exactly like FPP: There are lower preferences
assumed to exist, but they aren't collected.

Kevin