[EM] Method definitions

[Markus Schulze]

Dear Mike,

Condorcet writes ("Sur les Elections," Journal
d'Instruction Sociale, vol. 1, p. 25-32, 1793):

> Mais il n'est pas necessaire que chacun fasse
> toutes ces comparaisons, compose une liste
> complette; il peut en regarder un certain nombre
> comme egaux entr'eux, soit qu'il les juge tels
> d'apres un examen, soit que, ne les connoissant
> pas, il ne puisse on ne veuille pas le les juger.

My own translation:

> But it is not necessary that everybody makes
> all those comparisons that are needed to make
> a complete ranking; he can consider a certain
> number [of competitors] as equal -after an
> examination or simply because he doesn't know
> them- so that he cannot or doesn't want to
> judge them.

To my opinion, this quotation demonstrates that
Condorcet doesn't presuppose that every voter
makes a complete ranking of all candidates.

"Sur la Forme des Elections" and "Sur les
Elections" are reprinted in "Condorcet: Sur les
Elections et autres textes" (Paris, 1986) by
Olivier de Bernon.

Markus Schulze
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