[EM] truncation vs equal-top-ranking, contd.

[MIKE OSSIPOFF]

Though dominatedness and the need to influence other voters are
definite disadvantages for truncation, as opposed to equal-top-ranking,
as a countermeasure for offensive order-reversal, that influence
of other voters can also count as an advantage:

When equal ranking saves the CW by ensuring that s/he pairbeats
everyone, there's no penalty for the attempted election-theft.
When truncation thwarts order-reversal, it adds a penalty.

So, if there's a danger of getting caught, especially the
strong likelihood of it that I claim there'll be, when people try
to publicly organize an order-reversal strategy, it will be very well
deterred if people know that it will backfire when it fails. The
result will be no order-reversal attempts. And if no one hears
of any campaigns to organize order-reversal, then it's safe to vote
completely sincerely, and the winning-votes methods are like ideal
methods, with no concern about strategy.

Besides, as a Nader voter, I'd be pleased if the Dems truncated and
the Repubs still tired to order-reverse :-)

Mike Ossipoff





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