[EM] YES/Number votes election method- legal language - 7 Oct 1999

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YES/Number votes election method-  legal language -  7 Oct 1999
By Demorep1 at aol.com

Art. XX, Sec. XX. A. Each Elector may vote YES or NO for each choice of 
candidates and parties and rank order the choices using number votes (1, 2, 
etc.).

B. (1) For legislative bodies with N members to be elected in a district 
and/or at large, step C shall be done.

(2) For executive or judicial offices, if N or less choices get YES 
majorities, then he, she or they shall be elected (where N is the number of 
positions to be filled).

(3) For executive or judicial offices, if more than N choices get YES 
majorities, then step C shall be done with such choices.

C. (1) In all combinations of N Test Winner(s) versus a Test Loser such 
choices shall be compared using the rank order number votes (with the other 
choices being deemed Other Test Losers).

(2) If N executive or judicial officers are to be elected to the same office, 
then there are N effective votes on each ballot.

D. (1) If a Test Winner in all of its combinations has more votes than each 
Test Loser in such combinations, then such Test Winner shall be elected.

(2) If there are positions remaining to be filled, then the choice having the 
lowest number of YES votes shall lose and the combinations shall be 
rechecked, if necessary.

E. Legislative body winners shall have a voting power in the legislative body 
and its committees, in person or by written proxy, equal to the number of 
votes finally received (first choice votes plus votes transferred from losing 
choices).

F. The legislative body corresponding to each office shall fill any vacancy 
not filled by the above.
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C(1) and D(1) are variations of the Condorcet (head to head) method.

D(2) is the simple tiebreaker (if there are not N Condorcet winners).

A computer would be needed to do the combinations math in large elections.