[EM] Re: Rank methods, Participation, Consistency

[DEMOREP1 at aol.com]

Richard wrote in part-

If we find some ballots containing
"W>X" and swap those two candidates on those ballots, and this changes
things so that X beats W, then W is no longer in the Smith set, ***
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D-

51 W > 49 X

Change 2 of the ballots.

51 X > 49 W  

A mere case of felony election fraud.

Public elections use the ballots as cast (and NOT with a zillion changes 
every micro-second with continuous strategy games).