Cloneproof SSD

DEMOREP1 at aol.com DEMOREP1 at aol.com
Thu Jan 25 11:39:47 PST 2001


The amount of *cloneness* is a question of degree even with 2 choices.

Choice A exists (versus no other choice).

Choice B comes along.

Possibilities

all to zero A [> < ] B zero to all

Examples--

100 A > B 0
0 A < 100 B

99 A > 1 B
1 A < 99 B

51 A > 49 B
49 A < 51 B

Some voters, of course, may rank A and B as being equal.

Assuming that only the *all* (100 percent) values indicate clones is a bit of 
a stretch (especially in public elections).  

That it, I very highly doubt that there would be any *100 percent* clones in 
public elections so that worrying about *cloneproof* methods is something of 
a waste of time.



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