Patching Up Condorcet In Multi-Winner Elections (Oops!)

[David Catchpole]

>LIVING WITHOUT CONDORCET- EXCLUSION AND HOMOGENEITY
>Unfortunately, there are cases where either no "winner group" exists, as
>is common with Condorcet, or it is difficult for us to decide between
>those groups. In this case it may be prudent to exclude a candidate
>independent of their "winner group"/s. This is dangerous, as it may lead
>to a paradox- voters might hurt candidate's chances by giving them higher
>preferences. As people experienced in electoral issues, I'm sure you're
>aware of this threat. It is a quite serious one with both plurality

Ooops! It's actually called "monotonicity", not "homogeneity". I've been
solving too many differential equations...


SORRY!
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David Catchpole