What's a majority in Approval?

Mike Ossipoff dfb at bbs.cruzio.com
Sun Jan 19 11:37:19 PST 1997


In methods that allow giving a whole vote to more than 1 alternative,
and which recognize majority, a majority means a vote total of more
than half the number of voters. Examples: Bucklin, IRO-1.

Actually, I'd prefer calling a vote total of at least half the
number of voters a majority, and award the election to an alternative
that has that (if no other alternative does).


Mike


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