Number Voting

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In a message dated 4/25/02 2:54:38 PM, Alex wrote:

<<How do you pick a winner after compiling the table of how many first,

second, third, etc. votes each candidate got?>>
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D- There are various methods --- a main subject of this list --- especially 
if there is NO Condorcet (Head to Head) winner in a single office case.

Plurality only uses the first place votes -- and is thus obviously highly 
defective.

ANY method which does NOT use ALL the data is obviously defective.

Since a place votes table ONLY shows *relative* votes, the whole table is 
defective from an *absolute* YES/NO point of view.

I again suggest that new EM folks (aka newbies) be given info and directed to 
look at certain web pages so that the same old election math 101 questions do 
NOT have to be answered again and again by EM senior citizens.

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